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divided up into exogamous septs so that the ‘‘ son-in-law ”’ of 
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Kanjars, J. & P. A.S.B, vol. VII, No. 10. The bride and bride- 
groom are now seated with their respective gharas in front of 
them and at a signal they simultaneously make a grab for the 
cowries in the water. If the bride ‘ grabs’ more cowries out. of 
her ghara than the bridegroom does out of his she is declared to 
have jitgid—or won, and the winner is greeted with applause 
and much laughter. The suggestion of course is obvious and 
the idea simple—that if the bride for instance ‘ wins’ she will 
usually are that the marriage will be a happy one. The couple 
are now taken apart by their respective relations and are 
bathed in the water from their gharas—and are then dressed 
in clean clothes. And now comes the second item of the cere- 
and a mock combat takes place. The bride and bridegroom 
are each armed with an imitation Khanda or large knife made 
of sirkhi! (Saccharum sara Roxb.) in one hand and a chunni 
or chaj, a sort of sieve made also of sirkhi, in the other. This 
chaj represents a shield. A few grains of rice are thrown into 
each chaj and in the air. The Khanda is, I am told, a weapon 
the tribes’ forefathers used for decapitating cattle. After a few 
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