[The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) by R.V. Russell]@TWC D-Link bookThe Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) PART I 56/364
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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