Friday, April 8, 2011

The Muria and their Ghotul ---Verrier Elwin

1991, OUP, Delhi


The subject of this book is the ghotul, the village dormitory, the bothie, the bachelors' hall. The Muria Gothul is an institution, tracing its origin to LINGO PEN, a famous cult-hero of the Gond, of which all the unmarried boys and girls of the tribe must be members. (page ix)Murias belongs to the Bastar state of Madhya Pradesh.

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