Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . in any of her husbandsreligious exercises, his prayers or his sacri-fices. She may urge their performance andincite him to make the pilgrimages. Whenthe great festivals occur at the temples, shemay accompany her husband and sons,arrange and carry the offerings, cook the foodin the rest-house, and generally superintendthe expedition. But if she wants to prefera request and make an offering on her ownaccount, she usually does it by stealth atnight. The excitement of attending the templefestivals for
Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . in any of her husbandsreligious exercises, his prayers or his sacri-fices. She may urge their performance andincite him to make the pilgrimages. Whenthe great festivals occur at the temples, shemay accompany her husband and sons,arrange and carry the offerings, cook the foodin the rest-house, and generally superintendthe expedition. But if she wants to prefera request and make an offering on her ownaccount, she usually does it by stealth atnight. The excitement of attending the templefestivals forms a pleasant break in themonotony of her life. The gathering isattended by some of the features of a fair,with stalls of merchandise and shows. Theidol is carried through the streets in gaudyprocession, with the beating of drums andblowing of horns. It is a grand sight in theeyes of the women and children, and com-pensates for their exclusion from participa-tion in the other rites. In the privacy of her own house womanhas an important part to play. It is shealone who can perform the domestic. • aph oy A. W. A. Plati Sf Co., Colombo. ARYAN HINDU OF THE SUDRA CASTE (ONE OF THE HIGHER DIVISIONS). Her suree and jacket are of fine cotlon. She wears three necklaces of gold, and her bangles and the bosses in her hair are also gold. Her jewels are probably worth at least a hundred pounds. ONS rizonta] lines. Some castes drawlerpendicular line from the hairthe top of the nose, level witheyebrows. Having finished her toilet, the ndu wife cleans and sweeps out at part of the house where the viper who is of low caste may t enter. She rinses out the inking vessels and cooking-pots, d begins her preparations for oking the midday meal for the mily. It is the first big .eal of the day; the coffee id rice cakes, taken in the i ly morning, are not regarded as meal. Whilst she busies herself at her ousehold duties, she chants a hymn in a low ot Respect- to addressed to ble to Sing. Krishna or
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