22; other fasts--Jain R.,
13, Thug, 18
Female palanquin bearers--Kahar, 3
Festivals--Gadba, 3, Gond, 53, Khond, 10, Maratha, 7, Oraon, 20, 21,
Parja, 7
Fighting, methods of--Gosain, 9, Khond, 7, 8
Fights of animals--Kasai, 21
Fishing--Dhimar, 8
Flowers--Mali, 3, 4, 10
Folktales--Korwa, 11
Food--Baiga, 8, Bania, 17, Bharia, 7, Brahman, 21, Gadba, 5, Gond, 68,
Kawar, 12, Khond, 9, Kol, 18, Kolta, 4, Korku, 10, Kunbi, 21, Kurmi,
40, Lodhi, 9, Mina (or Deswali), 4, Muhammadan R., 30, Parsi R., 18,
Rajput, 8, Tiyar, Intro., 85, 88; leavings of food--Dhimar, 10
Foreign religions, adoption of--Mahar, 10, Mehtar, 16
Forest ascetics--Jogi, 5
Fosterage--Ahir, 7
Funeral priest--Kurmi, 26
Furniture--Baiga, 7, Kunbi, 20, Kurmi, 36
Games and pastimes--Kamar, Mal, Pardhi, 7, 11
Ganja (Indian hemp)--Kalar, 10, 11
Ganpati, worship of--Bania, 14, Koshti, 5; legend about--Kunbi, 16
Gardening--Mali, 10, Intro., 28
Ghasi Das (legends and teachings of)--Satnami S., 2, 3, 4
Ghosts, beliefs about--Bhat, 10, 11
Gipsies, origin of--Kanjar, 2
Girls dedicated to temples--Kashi, 2, Waghya
Goats and sheep--Dhangar, 5, Gadaria, 6
Gods, attitude towards the--Garpagari, 4; making contracts with
the--Mehtar, 8
Going away ceremony (or Gauna)--Halba, 9, Katia, 3, Lodhi, 6, Panwar
Rajput, 8
Gold, sanctity of--Sunar, 7; washing for--Sonjhara, 8
Gondwana--Gond, 2
Govind Singh, Guru--Sikh R., 3
Graveyards--Bohra, 4, Kurmi, 23
Grazing cattle--Ahir, 19
Greeting--See _Address, methods of_
Grinding grain--Kanjar, 9
_Gur_ or sugar, the sacred--Thug, 16
_Guru_ or spiritual preceptor--Bairagi, 13, Daharia, 3
Hailstorms, averting--Garpagari, 1, 4
Hair--Gond, 63, Jogi 7, Manbhao 3, Nai _passim_
Hair-cutting--Nai 3
Halal (sacrifice) rites of Muhammadan,--Atari 4, Kasai 3
Hanuman, the god--Garpagari 3, 4, Kunbi 12
Haveli, meaning of--Kurmi, 3
Heber, Bishop--Swami Narayan S. 3
Hindu R., aversion to--Satnami S. 7. See _Religious Beliefs_
Holi Festival--Bania 16, Gond 54, Khairwar 9, Mannewar
Homosexual practices--Hijra
Horoscopes--Prabhu 1
Horse--Maratha 7
Houses--Banjara 19, Bohra 7, Gond 60, Kunbi 19, Kurmi 34, Sonjhara 7;
superstitions about--Gond 36, Kurmi 35, Parja 7
Human corpse, eating of--Aghori 2
Human sacrifices--Banjara 16, Gond 51, Khond 12, Oraon 17
Hun immigration, the--Gujar 1, 2, Panwar Rajput 1, 2
Hunting, methods of--Gond 81, Kolh
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