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NCGN(D.753.001
[7 Jul 1753:32 (153)]
[In 2 column essay on Indian bridal customs:
The Bramins informed of the contract, appoint the day for
solemnizing the marriage [and] it is published to all the
town by a solemn show for two days; on the first day the
bridegroom . . . [5 lines, clothing] makes the tour of the
public streets in a great nuptial pomp, preceeded by kettle-
drums, trumpets, and gilded pageants. . . [description of
ceremony. At end of piece:] The common Banians divide
themselves into eight [ ] casts, . . . [8 lines] and they
always read the law of Bremaw, their patriarch, with a kind
of singing and voice of rejoicing.
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