. Report to the government of Baroda on the marine zoology of Okhamandal in Kattiawar . Marine animals. 52 OKHAMANDAL MARINE ZOOLOGY—PART II tlie caste druiniuers of the province and as they are fond of tlie vioHn and the pipe are usually employed as musicians at Hindu weddings. In Western Bengal and in Behar the Santals take the place occupied by the Rajbansis and Paliyas in North-Eastern-and Eastern Bengal as the chief chank bangle wearing tribe. Many of their women follow the same habit of disposing of a number of chank bangles, three to five usually, as a massive cufE-like gauntlet or comp
. Report to the government of Baroda on the marine zoology of Okhamandal in Kattiawar . Marine animals. 52 OKHAMANDAL MARINE ZOOLOGY—PART II tlie caste druiniuers of the province and as they are fond of tlie vioHn and the pipe are usually employed as musicians at Hindu weddings. In Western Bengal and in Behar the Santals take the place occupied by the Rajbansis and Paliyas in North-Eastern-and Eastern Bengal as the chief chank bangle wearing tribe. Many of their women follow the same habit of disposing of a number of chank bangles, three to five usually, as a massive cufE-like gauntlet or compound bracelet. These people being generally poor, the equality employed for these compound bracelets is inferior and red and yellow lac are freely used upon them to enhance their appearance and to disguise imperfections. Many indeed are too poor to afford these ornaments and others belong to families which do not observe the custom ; in Birbhum which 'rKXT-FICUItE Gauntlet pattern of compound bracelet worn bj' Paliya women, P>engal. be taken as a characteristic Santrd district, it is estimated that about half the female Santrd population follow this custom. Sometimes Santal girls wear them from an early age but generally they are assumed at mariiage. It has no religious significance and marriage may be performed without the puttmg on of these bangles which are w^orn more for ornament and because of custom than for any more serious reason. Like the Hindus, Santal women break and throw away their l)angles on the occasion of widowhood, re-assuming others, if they wish, if they remarry. Dead shells are often employed by the cutters for Santal Ijangles. Risley states (II, p. 225) that the Santfds in point of physical characteristics may be regarded as typical examples of the pure Dravidian stock and in view of the similar. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearan
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