Show curlonis in linn alk cirtos A curious cu boin prevails among the lowest classes of southern india for obtaining rim rain in times of drought A gigantic figure of a NN woman oman is str stretched etche lic I 1 to its frill length ou on its back on an open very low four wheeled heeled x carriage and tl e carni fee is round tho the streets the indian I 1 leasin easi try accompanying it willi with the deafening noise of their torn tom toun brunis and bagics the custom is explained lythe ly the popular notion I 1 that 11 tl ti e flure on tl e cart represents tha tho wife of N aruna the god of rain an aal I 1 that when he bees sees his favorite wife draag c 1 antl beesly along the streets he sends dow dov it torrente tor renta of rain to wreak bis vengeance |