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[No. 2, 
W, H. P. Driver— The Pahariya-Kharias . 
The child is then called its grandparents’ ‘ aotar,’ and is named after 
the said ancestor. A big feast is always given at a christening. Boys 
are preferred to girls. 
Young people. —Boys are burnt on the forearms, when they are about 
ten years of age, but girls are not tattooed like Mundas, Kharias and 
Uraons. Property descends only to male heirs. Every large village has 
its Dhamkuria or bachelor’s quarters, for boys who are too old to live 
with their parents. Girls stay with their parents until they get married. 
The dancing-ground is usually an open space in front of the Dham¬ 
kuria. Young people enjoy considerable freedom until they are married. 
There are no old maids amongst Koroas. Children take the ‘ gotor ’ of 
their father. 
Death Customs. —When great persons die their remains are conveyed 
to the banks of a river and burnt by their relatives. Ordinary people are 
buried and large stones are placed over their graves. When the Pahan 
Pujar or Dewar die, their remains are burnt and buried in their own 
fields. Ten days after a death, the nearest relatives give a big dinner. 
When a pregnant woman dies, her ghost haunts its relatives and 
has to be turned out of the village with the assistance of the Baiga. 
Appearance. —In appearance the Koroas of Jashpur, Sirguja and 
Barowai are usually very black with flat square faces, and matted locks. 
Physically they are short but very strongly made. 
The Pahariyd-Kharias. 
Habitat. —The Pahariya-Kharias have little to boast off: in the way of 
history, and those in the south-west have the same tradition as the 
Kharias of Lohardagga, viz., that they came from ‘ Roides ’ and ‘ Kharia- 
ghat.’ They are found scattered on the hills in the south of Manblium, 
in various parts of Singbhum and Kionjhar, and on the borders of Gang- 
pur and Raigarh, and (as their name implies) they are exclusively hill 
men. At the foot of the hills in the thickest jungles are found the Perai- 
Kharias, who are said to have been outcasted by the hill men, and with 
them are also found the Makria-Kharias, both these tribes being gross 
feeders. The Makria-Kharias eat monkeys, and thus stand in the same 
position to the Kharias as the Birhors to the Mundas. It is most proba¬ 
ble that in ancient times all the Kolarian tribes ate monkeys. 
Language. —There is a difference in the language of the hill and 
plains of one word in twelve, and the following are a few examples :— 
English. Dlains-Kharia. Hill-Kharia. 
Cloth ... Lutui ... Sirak. 
Fever ... Ghorna ... Tonor. 
Flesh ... Mas ... Kumang. 
