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

PART I
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When a widow marries again the couple worship a sword before the ceremony.

If a man is convicted of an intrigue with a low-caste woman, he has to submit to a symbolical purification by fire.

A heap of juari-stalks is piled all round him and set alight, but as soon as the fire begins to burn he is permitted to escape from it.

This rite is known as Agnikasht.

The Londharis appear to be distinct from the Lonhare Kunbis of Betul, with whom I was formerly inclined to connect them.


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