Punjab States Gazetteers

· 1909 · Public domain (published pre-1930) · archive.org ↗

1CHAP. I, C.

2Poru.ation,

3Kuhammadans,

4Sex statistics,

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6PATIALA STATE. ] Birth eustoms. [ PART A,

7an auspicious day being chosen for the rite, Banids only wear the janeo

8on the death of their parents.!

9The Muhammadans of the lower classes have borrowed the rffdn

10ceremony from the Hindus, but they call it safwdwsa. In the ninth month

11of pregnancy a guria of dried fruits is offered to Bibi Fatima and given to

12a poor Sayyid woman. In Patidla Muhammadans do not make the woman

13lie to the north, as they do elsewhere, during confinement. An iron

14implement is kept on the bed and no cat is ailoyre inthe room. Soon

15alter birth the a#dm is recited, preferably by a religious man, inthe child's

16ear. On the 6th day the chhathi ceremony takes place, the child being

17brought out of the zacicha kidna and food given to the dirddari. The

18akika (tonsure) ceremony is performed on the 7th, 14th, or 2tst da fy

19goats being sacrificed. One leg is given to the @éi, a head to the barber,

20and the rest distributed among the dirddari. The bones are buried. The

21child is named the same day, either by the wu//dh, or an elder member of

22the family. The mother remains secluded for 40 days, and takes a bath

23on the goth day, The dismi/ldéh ceremony takes place when a boy is 4

24years 4 months and 4 days old. He puts on a new dress (jdma), goes

25to the mulidh or some senior member of the family with cash and sweets,

26and is made to repeat dismiliéh. This is the ‘commencement of his

27education. As soon as he has finished the Quran, comes the dmin

28ceremony, when clothes are given to the teacher and food to the

29birédari. There is no fixed date for circumcision, which may be performed

30up to the 11th year or at any time before puberty. The dirddari are

31invited, the boy seated on a chair, where the barber circumcises him : a rur

32or more is paid to the barber, the relations give presents (fambol), and eur

33is distributed among them. For ten days no salt is given to the boy,

34This custom is not however strictly observed by all classes.”

35ee number of males in every 10,000 of the population is shown

36below :—

37Census of In villages. | Intowns, | Total,

38—_—_—SS=S=s EE

39All religions 1891 i vs 5.503 | 5,503 §.503

401901 - 5.495 5-453 5.404

41Hindus eu 5,506 | 5.597 $509

42ikhs s 6,2 ,

43sl 5.545 esa 5.573

44sins a cs 5.515 | 5-435 5.455

45Muhammadans on owe |

46————_— |

475.420 5,225 5,478

48IFor a longer note on the janeo see the Garetteer of Ludhidna District.

49ipa marriage customs peculiar to certain castes will be found described below