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... Nearly three - fifths of them have sisters in nearby villages , under ten miles , and nearly half ( forty - six per cent ) have nearby brothers as well . Even among the male household heads , most of whom had parental homes in Pelpola ...
... Nearly three - fifths of them have sisters in nearby villages , under ten miles , and nearly half ( forty - six per cent ) have nearby brothers as well . Even among the male household heads , most of whom had parental homes in Pelpola ...
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... Nearly three - fifths of them have sisters in nearby villages , under ten miles , and nearly half ( forty - six per cent ) have nearby brothers as well . Even among the male household heads , most of whom had parental homes in Pelpola ...
... Nearly three - fifths of them have sisters in nearby villages , under ten miles , and nearly half ( forty - six per cent ) have nearby brothers as well . Even among the male household heads , most of whom had parental homes in Pelpola ...
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... nearly all Pelpola fathers would find a “ small shopkeeper " a suitable son - in- law . " Suitable " is scarcely the correct word . Within the limits of probability in sons - in - law , " ideal " would be more accurate . Yet in the ...
... nearly all Pelpola fathers would find a “ small shopkeeper " a suitable son - in- law . " Suitable " is scarcely the correct word . Within the limits of probability in sons - in - law , " ideal " would be more accurate . Yet in the ...
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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