Volume 3 / Part 3 — Kewat
Reading edition
1. General notice.
2. Exogamous divisions and marriage.
3. Social customs.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · This article is based on papers by Mr. Mahfuz Ali, tahsīldār, Rājnand-gaon, Mr. Jowāhir Singh, Settlement Superintendent, Sambalpur, and Mr.Note 2 · Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Kaibartta.Note 3 · Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Kewat.Note 4 · Tribes and Castes of Bengal, ibidem.Note 5 · A curved stick carried across the shoulders, from which are suspended two panniers.Note 6 · Kewat, Khewat, Kaibartta.1—A caste of fishermen, boatmen, grain-parchers, and cultivators, chiefly found in the Chhattīsgarh Districts of DrNote 7 · The caste have also a number of exogamous groups, generally named after plants or animals, or bearing some nickname given to the reputed fouNote 8 · The Kewats worship the ordinary Hindu deities and believe that a special goddess, Chaurāsi Devi, dwells in their boats and keeps them from s