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BHILS, or BHEELS (" bo... - Online Information article about BHILS, or BHEELS (" bo... (858 words) |
 | The Bhils eagerly keep the practice alive, and the right of giving the blood is hereditary in certain families. |
| The Bhils of to-day claim to be his descendants. |
| The Bhils of pure blood number upwards of a million, and there are some 200,000 Bhils of mixed descent. |
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Bhils - LoveToKnow 1911 (621 words) |
| The popular legend of the Bhil origin assigns them a semi-divine birth, Mahadeva (Siva) having wedded an earth maiden who bore him children, the ugliest of whom killed his father's bull and was banished to the mountains. |
| The Bhil is a merry soul, loving a jest." The hill Bhils wear nothing but a loin-cloth, their women a coarse robe; lowland Bhils wear turban, coat and waist-cloth. |
| The most sacred is that sworn by a dog, the Bhil praying that the curse of a dog may fall on him if he breaks his word. |
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