228 S HUM LA. 
CHAP. Shumla, for the ceremony and festival of the 
, * , COURBAN BaIRAM'. 
Festival of 
the Cour- 
banBairam. 
(1) Meaning the Lesser B air am, which takes place seventy days after 
the Greater festival. Upon this occasion there is a cessation from labour 
during three days ; rejoicings are made, and presents distributed. Cor- 
ban, or Cnurban, signifies a sacrifice; it is generally the sacrifice of a 
lamb, which is sent to some one as a gift. 
