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Page 40
... women . Men of any caste or of any occupation rarely assist in the home chores . Cooking , child care , fire wood collection are all women's work . On the other hand , at the busy seasons in the fields , women- folk join in with the men ...
... women . Men of any caste or of any occupation rarely assist in the home chores . Cooking , child care , fire wood collection are all women's work . On the other hand , at the busy seasons in the fields , women- folk join in with the men ...
Page 61
... women of the family , an- nounces to the entire village , if the entire village is not al- ready aware , that the little girl is now a woman . Although the Sinhalese have no practice of feminine se- clusion approximating that of the ...
... women of the family , an- nounces to the entire village , if the entire village is not al- ready aware , that the little girl is now a woman . Although the Sinhalese have no practice of feminine se- clusion approximating that of the ...
Page 65
... women it is obvious that considerable disparity in the age of mar- riage partners arises . This is a matter which village folk feel is right and proper . Over half of a sample group of eighteen married women asserted that the ideal age ...
... women it is obvious that considerable disparity in the age of mar- riage partners arises . This is a matter which village folk feel is right and proper . Over half of a sample group of eighteen married women asserted that the ideal age ...
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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