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and then all of them are deemed to have married her. A feast 
is then given to all who are present, and the Jémas and musicians 
are fed. This marriage isavalid one. The child of an unmarried 
girl is called puglang (bastard), and has no right to anything 
by way of inheritance. Such children live by service and marry 
with some one of their own class, i.e., with a puglang or puglakch. 
The right of inheritance.—In case all the brothers have only one 
joint-wife, there can be no question as to the right of inheritance. 
However, just as the bride’s mother-in-law is mistress of the 
a 
ghori who are called by the Kanawars Nyam, and by the 
Kochi or Pahari people, Zar or J ar, Zad, or Jad. : 
The lamas used to consult their scriptures and advise as to 
the disposal of the dead according to the time, etc., of the death, 
but now the Hindu shrddhs and so on are observed. The only 
old custom which survives is the annual shradh called phulaich : 
in which a he-goat, reared in the dead man’s name, is dressed in 
his clothes, sacrificed and eaten by the members of his kindred. 
At a death-bed, grain is distributed among all those present, 
and the lamas read from Buddhist writings. The body 3s 
burnt on the same day, or at latest in the next. Drums, sandis, 
karndls” and conches are played when the corpse is carried to 
the burning-ground. Some of the bones are picked up, and sent 
either to Manasarowar in Tibet, to Rawalsar in Mandi State, oF 
tenth day ; all the deceased’s clothes are given to the lamas, with 
other gifts. The panchaka or group of five constellations * 1s 
Pe 
1 Fulaich or Phulaich, from Hindi i led becaus® 
isha ae > phil, flower, is so c& - 
: ape do not wear new clothes till one year after a death in the fam 
¥> Dut after performing the drjang they may wear flowers and 2eW 
2 The sandi and karndl are both musical instruments used in the hills. 
ag Bg is made of wood and is about a foot long, with seven holes 
an Aly Pid fingers are placed while playing, and its sound is like. 5 
pa baeae er 3 the latter is made of brass and is like a long horn wit 
A + in sound it resembles the conch. : ation 
— (oo eee 
* The five nakshairas are Dhanistha, Shat bhisha, Purvabhadrapadé 
wati. 
