The Cattle and the Stick: An Ethnographic Profile of the Raut of Chhattisgarh

Abhira agriculture bath become believe birth body Brahman bride bridegroom bring called caste panchayat cattle ceremony Chhattisgarh child clean clothes cooked crops cultivation culture death deity district earth earthen feast festival field girls give given graze hands head Hindu husband important India Jheria Kanaujia keep king known Kshatriya land lighted live Lord marriage married meeting milk month mother observed occupation offer ornaments paddy party peasant peasantry perform persons prepared priest propitiated Raut caste region relations relatives rice rites ritual role serve social society taken tank Thhethhwar tion village wear whole wife woman women worship अपने अहिरा उसे एक और का की के को गेंदा जाता है जाती तो था दोनों पर भुजवल में राजा वह सभी से हैं है कि है तथा हो