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... society and culture . Villages and plantations were studied in each of Ceylon's major socio - cultural regions . Pelpola was selected to " represent " the Ceylon Low Country , the most urbanized part of the island . Obviously no claim ...
... society and culture . Villages and plantations were studied in each of Ceylon's major socio - cultural regions . Pelpola was selected to " represent " the Ceylon Low Country , the most urbanized part of the island . Obviously no claim ...
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... society in 1948. After one spurt of action , it was inoperative and ap- parently defunct in 1950. Quite different , however , was the history of the credit cooperative , also introduced as a branch of a nationally sponsored movement ...
... society in 1948. After one spurt of action , it was inoperative and ap- parently defunct in 1950. Quite different , however , was the history of the credit cooperative , also introduced as a branch of a nationally sponsored movement ...
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... society with a companionate marriage system were notably absent . No one observed in effect that " nothing else is important if a man really loves a woman . Generally the repudiation of the custom involved no rejection of the system ...
... society with a companionate marriage system were notably absent . No one observed in effect that " nothing else is important if a man really loves a woman . Generally the repudiation of the custom involved no rejection of the system ...
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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