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Marriage Rituals Practiced Among Tadvi Bhil Tribe of Jalgaon, Maharashtra

Mohini Jagdish Gawai , Mohini Jagdish Gawai

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Indian Journal of Research in Anthropology 6(2):p 79-85, July-December 2020. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijra.2454.9118.6220.11

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Mohini Jagdish Gawai / Marriage Rituals Practiced Among Tadvi Bhil Tribe of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. Indian J Res Anthropol 2020;6(2):79–85
 

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This paper is based on Tadvi Bhil tribe’s marriage rituals practices in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. This paper is an outcome of the fieldnotes like methodological notes, descriptive notes and analytical notes. It is an ethnographic study; an attempt has been made to understand and interpret the contextual and symbolic meanings of the Tadvi Bhil marriage rituals practiced. The methods like Boldhana, Futane, Nivtya, Bajarand lagnavidhiare pre-marriage practices which are described in details gives the idea and thought of the traditionalbelief system in Tadvi Bhil. The purpose of marriage in Tadvi culture is the creation of family. The central event in the Tadvi tribe is wedding the ‘nikah’. There is inclusion of some new rites in marriage method of Tadvi Bhil after conversion to Islam, once the tika method is over nikah a method starts which is done by Qazi.Tadvi’s marriage is a combination of Tribal rites and Islamic rites, which is found in this piece of research, explains various expressions of Tadvi Bhil towards marriage institution.

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Mohini Jagdish Gawai / Marriage Rituals Practiced Among Tadvi Bhil Tribe of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. Indian J Res Anthropol 2020;6(2):79–85
 

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijra.2454.9118.6220.11

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Marriage; Rituals; Tribe; Conversion; Islam; Belief; Tradition and customs.

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