In the evening Brdhmans hold a sheet up between them, and at tho
time fixed jawdri is thrown on them by the people present; the sheet is
let drop, and the marriage is complete. The people are feasted for four
^ days, during which time a string, called " kankan," which on the first

day is tied on the girl's wrist, remains there. Presents are given to the
bride and bridegroom, who then go to the latter's house, where they
swear mutually to be faithful, and tho husband to protect the wife, and
the wife to be obedient. The bride remains eight days in her hus-
band's house ; then there is a festival in propitiation of *' Devi" called
"gondhdV and the bride returns to her parents.
It is tho custom either to bum or bury the dead. The heir for
ten days after a death is unclean, and shaves on the eleventh or twelfth
day ; certain funeral ceremonies are performed ; and on the thirteenth
day a feast is given, when tho heir is considered clean again.
The favourite deities among Kunbls are Mdrotf, Mdhddeo, Bhawdnf,

Khandoba, and Vithoba ; an image of one
Gods. of these is in each village, Mdroti being

the most general one.
Holidays. The principal holidays observed are —

Mundosi —New year's day;

Akji — Feast of orphans ;

N&^anchini — Worship of serpents ;

PoL\— Festival of cattle ;

MAhi Lakshmi — Feast of females ;

Pitra Pukhsa — Feast to manes of male ancestors ;

Dasara — Or commemoration of tho fight between Bam and

Bawan ;
Dcwfili— Feast of lanterns ;
Sivnitra — Feast in honour of Shiva ;
Simga, or Holi.
