india and daily life in bengal
by zebina flavius griffin
Author: zebina flavius griffin
Medicine » India
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...chapkan. * Those wearing the latter garment will have on pantaloons, while the greater number wear the dilute? The cloth of the women, whether it be pure white with a border of some bright color, or silk, is the sari* The women have some jewelry on their wrists and fingers, and if vain and of means, may have a heavy silver chain around the hips. Let us stand, if you please, at the gate in front of the church as the last bell on a Lord's-day morn- ing is calling the people to worship. See them come from their homes, and file along the narrow streets of their villages. Watch them as they enter 1 A long coat worn by the native men. *A cloth five yards long which is wound around the loins and covers the legs to some extent. 8 A cloth five yards long wound around the body, and coming over the head. 158 DAILY LIFE IN BENGAL. the church until it is nearly or quite full. Let us go in ourselves and look around. Here are the men and boys on one side, and the women and girls on the other. Perhaps...
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