The Paniyas, an Ex-slave Tribe of South IndiaStudy on the social life of the Paniya tribe in Wayanad, Kerala. |
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Page 105
... songs reveal tnat considerable effort has gone into their composi tion . If at some future date the ethnographer of the Paniyas were to make a complete inventory of the phrases which these illiterate , nameless composers have coined to ...
... songs reveal tnat considerable effort has gone into their composi tion . If at some future date the ethnographer of the Paniyas were to make a complete inventory of the phrases which these illiterate , nameless composers have coined to ...
Page 106
... songs are learnt through oral communication . The songs vary a great deal from region to region though the few ideas in them are the same everywhere memories are good retain what they hear when older men repeat these verses and as the ...
... songs are learnt through oral communication . The songs vary a great deal from region to region though the few ideas in them are the same everywhere memories are good retain what they hear when older men repeat these verses and as the ...
Page 167
... songs , The Paniya women's interest in danee is obvious to any one who has watched them on festive occasions . The ... songs translated here are those sung at the kambla dances and on other hap occasions such as marriage . They are all ...
... songs , The Paniya women's interest in danee is obvious to any one who has watched them on festive occasions . The ... songs translated here are those sung at the kambla dances and on other hap occasions such as marriage . They are all ...
Common terms and phrases
able addressed agricultural ankam annual asked attali became become beginning better boys brother called castes century ceremony chemmi child Christian clear cloth coffee communities continued dance dead death deities early elders employers evil farm farmers father field four friends girl give given goddess gods Government hand head Hindu husband important India interest Kerala Kottayam Kurichiyas labour land later leaves less living look Malayalam marriage master means month mother Muslim Nanjan Nayar offerings paddy paid Paniyas party persons placed plains plantain police pollution present reference region rice ritual round rule serf shades shaman sister's slavery slaves songs spirit stop story temple trees tribal tribes usually wages wife woman women workers worship Wynad young