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<p>This book is an attempt to give a systematic account of the Khasi people their manners and customs their ethnological affinities their laws and institutions their religious beliefs their folk lore their theories as to their origin and their language. Contents Section IGeneral: Habitat Appearance Physical and General Characteristics Geographical Distribution Origin Affinities Dress Tattooing Jewellery Weapons. Section IIDomestic Life: Occupation Apiculture Houses Villages Furniture and Household Utensils Musical Instruments Agriculture Crops Hunting Fishing Food Drunk Games Manufactures Manufacture of Eri Silk Cloths and Cotton Cloths in the Jaintia Hills Cotton Cloths Pottery. Section IIILaws and Customs: Tribal Organisation State Organistation Marriage Divorce Inheritance Adoption Tenure of Land and Laws regarding Land Hali Lands or Irrigated Paddy Lands laws regarding other Property Decision of Disputes Decision of Cases by Ordeal War Human Sacrifices. Section IVReligion: General Character of Popular Beliefs Ancestor Worship Worship of Natural Forces and of Deities Religion Rites and Sacrifices Divination Priesthood Ceremonies and Customs attending Birth and Naming of Children Marriage Lamdoh Ceremony Lynngam Marriages Ceremonies attending Death Customs in Connection with Deaths by Violence or Accident Miscellaneous Customs in Connection with Death The Disposal of the Dead Khasi Memorial Stones Festivities Domestic and Tribal Genna. Section V FolkLore: Folktales. Section VI Miscellaneous: Teknonomy Khasi Method of Calculating Time The Lynngams. Section VII Language: Appendices A. Exogamous Clans in the Cherra State Appendices B. Exogamous Clans in the Khyrim State Appendices C. – Divination by EggBreaking. About the Author LieutenantColonel P.R.T. Gurdon I.A. Deputy Commissioner Eastern Bengal and Assam Commission and Superintendent of Ethnography in Assam.</p>
