Book – The Rajbansis Of North Bengal by Dr. CC Sanyal. This book was published by Asiatic Society, Caltutta. The contents of this books are –
Foreword
Preface
List of Plates
List of Illustrations
Modified Phonetic Symbols
CHAPTER I
Distribution, Environment and Character
of Northern Rajbansis
The Ruling Dynastics of Cooch-Behar
and Jalpaiguri
Antecedents of Northern Rajbansis
(a) Historical and Ethnological Data
(b) Census Figures
(c) Inferential – Hindu Scriptures
CHAPTER II
The Material Culture of the Rajbansis
The Village, growth, naming, Typical Vill
The (lome of the Rajbansis
Building Customs, Selection of the Site,
Plan of a Hut, Hut, House Entrance
Living Conditions
Males, Women, Sleeping, Meeting place,
Cleaning of Clothing
Daily Life–Dutics of Men, Women, Childr
Elders and Songs
Parts of a House, A Ilut
Houschold Articles
Personal Decorations
Fishing, Fisbing Implements, Trips
Hunting, Traps
Foods and their preparation, Special Foods
Agriculture and Implements, Songs
Spinning and Weaving
Animal Husbandry
Transport, Parts of a Bullock Cart, Boats
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CHAPTER III
Birth Customs
Pregnancy, Labour, Delivery, Care of the Me
Care of the Child
First Look at the Child
Period of Confinement, First Unclean Period
Complications of Child Birth, Protracted Labour
Remedies, Songs
Diseases of the New Born, Midwife,
End of the Second Unclean Period
Childhood, Care of the Child, Lullaby
Name Giving
First Feeding
Puberty, Sports and Games
Jokes and Songs
CHAPTER IV
Marriage Customs, Inheritence, Types of
Marriage, Porua or Gotra
Regular forms of Marriage, Bride Price,
Marriage with other castes
Irregular forms of Marriage
Marriage Limitations, Prohibition, Divorce
Marriage Rituals
Other forms of Regular Marriage
Marriage Songs
CHAPTER V
Death and its Attendant Ceremonies
Transportation of the corpse, Burial,
Cremation, Funeral Pyre
Lighting the Pyre, Circumambulation, Return Home
Gathering of Frontal Bone, Purification of the House
Period of Mourning
Post Funeral Ritcs (Sraddha)
Disposal of the Frontal Bone
Concept of the Soul after Death
CHAPTER VI
Social Relations
Family, Village, Grouping, Acquiring or
Losing Membership
Social Structure, Family
Genealogical Tables
Terms of Relationship
CHAPTER VII
Religious Beliefs and Practices
Divine Orders
Images, Rituals of Worship
Religious Festivals and Rituals,
Some Old Shrines and Deities
Meceni Khela, Modon Kam, Kali, Dhoroin Thakur,
Jogannath, Gotsupuna, Satyanarayan, Jitna, Othai-pothi, Goroknath, Devi, Bhandani, Luxmi Dak, Monosha, Utthan-ckadasi, Dhan-Kata, Naya-Khawa, Baruni, Siva-ratri, Dham, Bisua, Chorok, Hudma, Tista-buri, Sales wari, Bhadra-Kali, Dhap-Chandi, Mahakal, Pet-kati, Religious Songs.
CHAPTER VIII
Supernatural Agencies and their Propitiation
Protective Measures
Magical Beliefs and Practices
Charmed Arrow, Exorcism
Village Medicines
Witches
CHAPTER IX
Riddles
Proverbs, Unusual Phenomena.
Common Sayings
CHAPTER X
songs
Music and Musical Instruments
Marriage songs, Love songs, Dotrar Gan,
Gulapeswarier Gan, Chor Churnir Gan, Religious
songs, Siva’s marriage song, Vote song, Girir Addas,
Gua-pañer Gan, Asiba Din.
CHAPTER XI
Quarrel between two villagers
A few texts to show the difference between
Jalpaiguri and Cooch-Behar Dialects
CHAPTER XII
Dialect of the Rajhansis and
an Outline of Grammar
CHAPTER XIII
Vocabulary
Index
List of plates
LIST of Illustrations