Caste Continuities in Ceylon: A Study of the Social Structure of Three Tea Plantations |
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Adi-Dravida castes Barber beliefs and practices belonging Brahman priest Brekale estate bride brothers caste and kinship caste groups caste system cent Ceylon Workers Chettiar close relatives Colombo coolies disputes District Division economic elementary family emigration to Ceylon Estate Committee estate gang estate population estate Tamilians estate temples estates studied father Gampola girl's groom Head-kangani hierarchy high caste Hindu Hinduism households Immigration Indian estate instance Jaffna joint family Kaman festival kanakapillais kangani system Kataragama kin-group Kitnasami Kodame Kowandan large number line rooms M. N. Srinivas Madras Mariaie Mariamman marriage marriage ceremony married Maskeliya migration Morlynake Nawalapitiya Non-Brahman castes Pallan panchayat panchayat Committee Paraiyan and Chakkiliyan parents persons Pillai planters plucking Ratnam recruitment religious Report ritual Sanskritic Sanskritic deities Sinhalese sister social South India Sub-kangani gangs Superintendent Tamil Tamilian estate labourers Tamilnad tea plantation tion trade union Trichinopoly turmeric Untouchable Vellalas village Vinayakar Washerman wife workers worship