Dangi

Here is a video of him at a culture fest performing Dangi dance with his friends.

Archive 2007-09-01 Anjali 2007

Here is a video of him at a culture fest performing Dangi dance with his friends.

Satyanarayan Prasad Anjali 2007

And as already seen, some are named from women of low caste, from whom by Dangi fathers they are supposed to be descended.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

'_Khet men bami, gaon men Dangi_,' or 'A Dangi in the village is like the hole of a snake in one's field 'is a proverb which shows the estimation in which they were formerly held.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

So if one Dangi said it to another, meaning to ask him for the dish, it might result in a fight.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Mirdang bajawe dere men, or 'Though he belong neither to the three septs nor the thirteen septs, yet the Dangi blows his own trumpet in his own house.'

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

They obtained estates in Saugor and a Dangi dynasty formerly governed part of the District, and they are now highly respectable cultivators.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

A clan of Dangi in Saugor from whom Rajputs take daughters in marriage, but do not give daughters to them.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

-- Name of part of the Saugor District, which is called after the Dangi caste.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

_Khet men bami, gaon men Dangi_ or 'A Dangi in the village is like the hole of a snake in one's field, 'is a proverb showing the estimation in which they were formerly held.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894