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... neighborhood . In its capacity as a neighborhood it is in a modest sense an area somewhat better off financially than most . This is due less to its commercial activities than to the fact that as the original village core it hence has a ...
... neighborhood . In its capacity as a neighborhood it is in a modest sense an area somewhat better off financially than most . This is due less to its commercial activities than to the fact that as the original village core it hence has a ...
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... neighborhood units . And at the other extreme no neighborhood is without members of the poorest class , although proportions vary between areas . Nearly every neighborhood possesses at least a few prosperous landowners , a larger number ...
... neighborhood units . And at the other extreme no neighborhood is without members of the poorest class , although proportions vary between areas . Nearly every neighborhood possesses at least a few prosperous landowners , a larger number ...
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... neighborhood wherein they are now settled as householders . 99 In the formation of neighborhood affiliations it is doubt- ful if kinship is a conscious criterion of association . The typical Pelpolan is apt to respond , when asked who ...
... neighborhood wherein they are now settled as householders . 99 In the formation of neighborhood affiliations it is doubt- ful if kinship is a conscious criterion of association . The typical Pelpolan is apt to respond , when asked who ...
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agricultural almsgiving associated astrologer auspicious Badahela behavior believe betel bhikkhu boutiques bride brothers Bryce Ryan Buddha Buddhist caste cent ceremony Ceylon coconut couple crop culture dagoba daughter demon dhobi distinct dowry economic especially estates exorcizing fact father fields frequently garden girl gods Goyigama groom harvest honor Hooniyam horoscope household heads husband important Jataka Kalutara Kataragama kinship kinsmen less living Lokuliyanage Low Country male marriage married matters nearly neighborhood neighbors Nibbana organization paddy cultivation paddy land parental home participation peasant Pelpola Pelpola Central persons piligeneema pinkama pirith poruva position potters practices prestige priest production rarely rational relationships relatives responses rice rubber sarong secular significance Sinhalese social society Sri Pada status Straus supernatural temple tion traditional trees Undecided University of Ceylon upasaka urban usually values village wage labor wealth wedding Western wife wives women youth