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Khond

[ kond ]

noun

  1. a member of an outcaste Dravidian people of the state of Odisha in eastern India.


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The Khond puts the rice, piece of the ear, and the hair of the pig, under the roof.

A Khond has been known to ruin himself for the sake of his friend.

The Taonlas appear to be a low occupational caste of mixed origin, but derived principally from the Khond tribe.

Khond women wear a red or parti-coloured skirt reaching the knee, the neck and bosom being left bare.

If the adulterer is a Khond, he gets off with payment of the buffalo, which is slaughtered for the entertainment of the village.

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