Metal vessels and plates are the only alternative to those made of leaves, and there are frequently not enough of them to go round for a party.

The Baris also work as personal servants, hand round water, and light and carry torches at entertainments and on journeys.

Their women are maids to high-caste Hindu ladies, and as they are always about the zenana are liable to lose their virtue.
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Status of the village menials.
The castes of village and household menials form a large group between the cultivators on the one hand and the impure and servile labourers on the other.

Their status is not exactly the same.