. The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India . on any day, thoughMonday and Friday are considered auspicious days for thecommencement of sowing. On the Hareli, or festival ofthe fresh verdure, which falls on the i 5th day of Shrawan(July-August), balls of flour mixed with salt are given to thecattle. The plough and all the implements of agricultureare taken to a tank and washed, and are then set upin the courtyard of the house and plastered with plough is set facing towards the sun, and butter andsugar are offered to it. An earthen pot is whitewashedand human figures a
. The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India . on any day, thoughMonday and Friday are considered auspicious days for thecommencement of sowing. On the Hareli, or festival ofthe fresh verdure, which falls on the i 5th day of Shrawan(July-August), balls of flour mixed with salt are given to thecattle. The plough and all the implements of agricultureare taken to a tank and washed, and are then set upin the courtyard of the house and plastered with plough is set facing towards the sun, and butter andsugar are offered to it. An earthen pot is whitewashedand human figures are drawn on it with charcoal, one upsidedown. It is then hung over the entrance to the house andis believed to avert the evil eye. All the holes in the cattle-sheds and courtyards are filled and levelled with the rice is growing, holidays are observed on fiveSundays and no work is done. Before harvest Thakur Deomust be propitiated with an offering of a white goat or ablack fowl. Any one who begins to cut his crop before this Btitea ^4f^
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