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Word: bourai (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...journeyed to the Rajasthan village of Bourai. 60 miles from Udaipur. and made arrangements for a mela-an all-night feast with dancing and speechmaking. When the drummers had spread the news abroad, 7,000 Bhils turned up-men, women and children. At the height of the party, tall, spectacled Rameshwar Tantia stood up. He had some presents, he said, for his sisters, the Bhil women, and he flung open the suitcases he had brought with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Bhils & the Odhnis | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

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