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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV)

PART I
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Thus a number of Patbinas reside in Darri, a village in the Khujji zamindari of Raipur, while the Dangurs are almost all found in the village of Masod in Betul; in Jubbulpore Khapa is their principal centre, and in Seoni the village of Deori.

The three divisions of the caste known by the names given above marry, as a rule, among themselves.

For their exogamous groups the Dangurs have usually the names of different Rajput septs, the Kumrawats have territorial names, and those of the Patbinas are derived from inanimate objects, though they have no totemistic practices.
The number of girls in the caste is usually insufficient, and hence they are married at a very early age.

The boy's father, accompanied by a few friends, goes to the girl's father and addresses a proposal for marriage to him in the following terms: "You have planted a tamarind tree which has borne fruit.

I don't know whether you will catch the fruit before it falls to the ground if I strike it with my stick." The girl's father, if he approves of the match, says in reply, 'Why should I not catch it ?' and the proposal for the marriage is then made.


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