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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