Encyclopedia of World Cultures Volume III - South Asia - A doc

... that life continues be- yond the grave, in a land where each of the uyus has its indi- vidual abode. When one dies, his or her soul is taken to the domain of the uyu who was the cause of death. An individual enjoys the same status and life-style that he or she had while alive. For this reason the deceased is provided with food, drink, possessions, and other tools and provisions to ens...

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... a very large proportion of the population. Industrial Arts and Division of Labor. Among the agri- cultural Jat, traditionally only the men work in the fields, Jain 109 prime responsibility for digging the grave, but the Kurumba present also assists. When all is ready, the body is placed in the grave so that it faces toward the north. The local Irula priest (pujari) then gazes at a lam...

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... not dramatically. Linguistic Affiliation. Kotas speak the Kota language or Ko-v Ma-nt, a Dravidian language closely related to Toda and also having strong linguistic affiliations with very early Tamil and Malayalam. All Kotas speak Badaga and Tamil also, as historically they have had to communicate with outsiders in languages other than their own. History and Cultural Relations While some s...

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... Oriya 215 Boys and girls marry after puberty, boys usually at 1 6-2 0 years. This follows a period in which both sexes sleep in a youth dormitory (dhumkuria). Boys are branded on the arm before being admitted to this institution. The dormitory pro- vides a pool of agricultural labor that can be hired when nec- essary. Most Oraons are farmers, and in the past they prac- ticed shiftin...

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... the year is dry with occasional showers. Demography. The population of Kerala according to the estimate for 1987 is about 27.6 million, with Christians com- prising about 21 percent of the population. In Kerala about 93 percent of the Christians are Syrian Christians; the rest have been converted by European missionaries. inguistic Affiliation. Ninety-six percent of Kerala people spea...

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... features of ordinary life in the subcontinent. Without claiming any fa- vorites, we will simply point to the work of Ahmad Ali, Mulk Raj Anand, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Nirad C. Chaud- huri, Anita Desai, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Hanif Kureishi, Manohar Malgonkar, Kamala Markandaya, Ved Mehta, W. D. Merchant, Rohinton Mistry, R K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Salman Rushdie, Kushwant Singh, and Rabin...

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... the Vaisnava-Sahajiyd Cult of Bengal. Chi- cago: University of Chicago Press. McDaniel, June (1989). The Madness of the Saints: Ecstatic Religion in Bengal. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Singer, Milton, ed. (1971). Krishna: Myths, Rites, and Atti- tudes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. JUNE McDANIEL Bhil ETHNONYMS: none Orientation Identification. The Bhils are the thi...

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... elders is stressed. Sociopolitical Organization Social Organization. Chakma society is hierarchically or- ganized on the basis of age, sex, occupation, power, religion, wealth, and education. An older person is invariably re- spected by a younger person. The husband is more powerful than the wife in the family; and a man is afforded more status outside the family. Power is unequally dis...

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... old culture is comprised of three main layers: the Tamil-Malayalam substratum with its many subtle roots; old Sinhala culture and language, which is the dominant element; and the phase of Arabic in- fluence. But the Maldives were touched by every cultural wind that passed over the Indian Ocean. Since independence there has again been influence from Sri Lanka, through its teachers brought...

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... Dimension of the Family in India: A Field Study in a Gujarat Village and a Re- view of Other Studies. Berkeley: University of California Press; New Delhi: Orient Longman. Shah, Ghanshyam (1989). "Caste Sentiments and Domi- nance in Gujarat." In Dominance and State Power in Modern India, edited by Francine Frankel and M. S. A. Rao. Delhi: Oxford University Press. GHANSH...

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