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- n. Plural form of Khond.
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One of the most important cases in India was the Meriah-sacrifice of the Khonds, which is described in the article on that tribe.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)
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A priestly legend of the Khonds of India attributes to child-sacrifice a divine origin: --
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In Central India the sun and moon are worshipped by many tribes, as the Khonds, Korkús, Tunguses, and Buraets.
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Among some of the races of India, among the Khonds of the mountains of Orissa, a superstition obtains like that of the loup-garou of France.
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Khonds and Bheels; the dreadful rites of the Janni before the gory altar of the Earth goddess; the indiscriminate slashing and stabbing of the Amok; the shuddering dodges of the plague-chased Cavrite; the grim and lonely duels of the French lion-killer under the melancholy stars; the carrion-like exposures of the Parsee dead; the nightmarish legends of the Evil Eye.
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The influence and privileges of women are exceedingly great among the Khonds, and are, I believe, greatest among the tribes which practice infanticide.
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Westermarck tells us that among the Khonds, where the women rule, the men wear their hair long, and spend much time dressing it.
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We find, moreover, fairly definite traces of the dominance of women among numerous races in the most diverse phases of development; for instance in Tibet and in Burma, among the Khonds, the Creeks, etc.
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Among the Balonda, the Iroquois, the Cantabri, the Khonds, etc., during the era of feminine dominance, whilst the wife had the right to divorce her husband, the husband was not entitled to divorce his wife.
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Among the Khonds, the father usually chooses for his son a wife about six years older than the lad.
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