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Show Mranze anllary iIrauM In India. The I.tiropean ptiblk' are not aware of a Iu llorww custom (till follovea In lllmtoo liouscliulds uf iicngal, )ia Cakutia writer. The latt day of Kalgoou, i that fell en JlarchlS, nso tervtal In wor-hlp-I Ing Gbantoti, the god of itchesand the Ui-eas of tho skin which afflict af-flict the native". Very early on tliomornin of Ihb day the mhtrtB-es mhtrtB-es of the families, cbangiuj tlulr coctiirnal attires, put a ue!ew black etrthen vtseel ouulje the tlinh-hold tlinh-hold of tlulr lack doorx, with n handful of rice and huuobr Oat, four cowritft, and a ricce of ra; smeared with luniKrlc. Wild flowcw ap-puiug ap-puiug iu tliia Katoit called Oian-too Oian-too oof aro offeixl Iu worship The youug boys of the initios stand Iu a 8smii ircie lfore the mHtress-et, mHtress-et, with cudgth Iu their hand. When the conches are sounded by the female worshippers as the signal sig-nal of the tiotjali being over, the bojs break thowsfvls into atom. Tliu mirthful chlldnn, in their anxiety to strike the Iln-t blm, wmetlnieri bruhe the Ilngrrs and hauib of the matreus. Tlie piece of rag is preserved over the doors of the houes in the seuana. Iu Ihu cvmiiig of the day tlie boys of th.i loner order of the villages sing the sang of the occasiou iu chorus from door to door for pice. I'ull MallO'azeUe. |
