. The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India . ok and Pascham Thok, signifying the eastern andwestern groups. Presumably when sections get so large asto bar the marriage of persons not really related to eachother at all, relief is obtained by subdividing them inthis manner. A list of the sections of certain subcastes sofar as they have been obtained is given at the end of Mar- Marriage is prohibited between members of the same RIfroth section and between first and second cousins on the mothersside. But the Chandnahe Kurmis permit the wedding of abrothers daughter to
. The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India . ok and Pascham Thok, signifying the eastern andwestern groups. Presumably when sections get so large asto bar the marriage of persons not really related to eachother at all, relief is obtained by subdividing them inthis manner. A list of the sections of certain subcastes sofar as they have been obtained is given at the end of Mar- Marriage is prohibited between members of the same RIfroth section and between first and second cousins on the mothersside. But the Chandnahe Kurmis permit the wedding of abrothers daughter to a sisters son. Most Kurmis forbid aman to marry his wifes sister during her lifetime. TheChhattlsgarh Kurmis have the practice of exchanging girlsbetween two families. There is usually no objection tomarriage on account of religious differences within the paleof Hinduism, but the difficulty of a union between a memberof a Vaishnava sect who abstains from flesh and liquor, anda partner who does not, is felt and expressed in the followingsaying : Betrothal,. ^mA^I^^ ^t^ -■■^^■i^^ ?^ ^MMii^ ^^^^* ™ ^m^ POUNDING RICE. II THE MARRIAGE-SHED OR PAVILION 6i Vaishnava purtisit avaishna7)a nciriUnt beil ki jot bichdri^ or A Vaishnava husband with a non-Vaishnava wife islike a camel yoked with a bullock. Muliammadans andChristians are not retained in the caste. Girls arc usuallywedded between nine and eleven, but well-to-do Kurmis,like other agriculturists, sometimes marry their daughterswhen only a few months old. The people say that when aKurmi gets rich he will do three things : marry his daughtersvery young and with great display, build a fine house, andbuy the best bullocks he can afford. The second and thirdmethods of spending his money are very sensible, whatevermay be thought of the first. No penalty is imposed forallowing a girl to exceed the age of puberty before are married between nine and fifteen years, but the tend-ency is towards the postponement of th
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