Note 3 — Chapter XIV · BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD CEREMONIES
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The milking is done by a Melgars man for all the Tarthar clans except that of Kwòdrdoni, where the buffalo is milked by a man of that clan. I do not know why this clan forms an exception to the general rule, but Kwòdrdoni is one of the most remote Toda villages, and it is possible3 that the difficulty of getting a Melgars man to come to them has led the people to do this part of the ceremony themselves.