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When the Baghani sept hear that any Majhwar has killed a tiger they purify their houses by washing them with cowdung and water.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Karma festival -- Baiga 8, Binjhwar 8, Gond 56, Majhwar 7, Oraon 19
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Thus when the Majhwar says that the tiger would run away if he met a member of the tiger-clan who was free from sin, but would devour any member who had been put out of caste for an offence, he assumes that every tiger would know a member of the clan on meeting him, and also whether that member was in or out of caste.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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[127] It is said that the Majhwar tribe can only count up to three, while among the Bhatras the qualification for being a village astrologer, who foretells the character of the rainfall and gives auspicious days for sowing and harvest, is the ability to count
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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