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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV)

PART I
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A section of Binjhal.
_Bhoir_ .-- Synonym for Bhoyar.
_Bhojni_ .-- Subcaste of Chitrakathi.

They serve the food at marriage and other ceremonies.
_Bholia_ .-- (From _bhulna_, to forget.) Synonym of Bhulia.
_Bhona_ .-- A small caste of labourers in the Mandla District.

They are practically all employed by the local Pansaris (Barai) or _pan_-growers in tending their _barejas_ or betel-vine gardens.

There is some ground for supposing that the Bhonas are an offshoot of the Bharia or Bharia-Bhumia tribe of Jubbulpore, which is itself derived from the Bhars.

One of the sections of the Bhonas is named after the vulture, and at their weddings a man of this section catches a young chicken and bites off the head in imitation of a vulture.
_Bhondih_ .-- (From _bhond_, dung-beetle.) A section of Ahir.
_Bhonsla_ .-- A clan of Marathas to which the Rajas of Nagpur belong.
_Bhope_ or _Bhoall_ .-- Subcaste of Manbhao.
_Bhoriya_ .-- Synonym of Bhulia.
_Bhoyar_ .-- A caste.


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