Identifier: castestribesofso06thuruoft (find matches)
Title: Castes and tribes of southern India. Assisted by K. Rangachari
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Thurston, Edgar, 1855-1935 Rangachari, K
Subjects: Caste -- India Madras (Presidency) Ethnology -- India Madras (Presidency) India -- Social conditions
Publisher: Madras Government Press
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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her flat; lips thick; nosebroad and flat; cheek bones high; eyes slightly oblique.They are as fair as the Uriyas, and fairer than the Telu-gus of the plains. Not only is the Saora shorter andfairer than other hill people, but his face is distinctlyMongolian, the obliquity of the eyes being sometimes verymarked, and the inner corners of the eyes are generallyvery oblique. (The Mongolian type is clearly broughtout in the illustration.) The Saoras endurance in goingup and down hill, whether carrying heavy loads or not,is wonderful. Four Saoras have been known to carry alo-stone man in a chair straight up a 3,800 feet hillwithout relief, and without rest. Usually, the Saorasdress (his full dress) consists of a large bunch of feathers(generally white) stuck in his hair on the crown of hishead, a coloured cloth round his head as a turban,and worn much on the back of the head, and foldedtightly, so as to be a good protection to the head.When feathers are not worn, the hair is tied on the top
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S A VARA. 313 SAVARA of the head, or a little at the side of it. A piece of flatbrass is another head ornament. It is stuck in the hair,which is tied in a knot at the crown of the head, atan angle of about 40° from the perpendicular, and itswaving up and down motion as a man walks has acurious effect. Another head ornament is a piece ofwood, about 8 or 9 inches in length and ; inch indiameter, with a flat button about 2 inches in diameteron the top, all covered with hair or coloured thread,and worn in the same position as the flat piece ofbrass. A peacocks feather, or one or two of the tailfeathers of the jungle cock, may be often seen stuck inthe knot of hair on the top of the head. A cherootor two, perhaps half smoked, may often be seen stick-ing in the hair of a man or woman, to be used againwhen wanted. They also smoke pipes, and the oldwomen seem particularly fond of them. Round theSaoras neck are brass and bead necklaces. A man willwear as many as thirty necklaces at a time, or

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