The dead are usually cremated. Daily, until the twelfth day of the death ceremonies, food is offered to the spirit of the deceased, on a dais set up outside the house, by the relatives. On the fifth day, all the agnates are purified by the Vathiyan sprinkling water over them. On the twelfth day, the Vathiyan draws the image of a man with vibuthi (sacred ashes) on the spot where the deceased breathed his last. Near the figure, cooked rice, vegetables, etc., are placed. The chief mourner offers these to the dead person, and makes a bundle of them in his cloth. Going outside the house, he kicks the dais already referred to with his foot, while the Vathiyan holds one hand, and his relations the other hand or arm. He then bathes in a tank (pond) or river, while his hands are held in like manner. Koli.--In the Madras Census Report, 1901, the Kolis are described as being "a Bombay caste of fishermen and boatmen in South Canara; also a low class of Bengal weavers found in Ganjam." The Kolis who were investigated in Ganjam are an Oriya-speaking class, who are apparently Telugu people who have settled in the Oriya country as weavers of coarse cloths, traders, and agriculturists. They have Oriya titles such as Behara. They worship village deities (Takuranis), are Saivites, and none of them have been converted to the Paramartho form of Vishnavism. The caste council, puberty and death ceremonies, are based on the common Oriya type, but the marriage rites are an interesting blend of the Oriya and Telugu types of ceremonial. Thus the usual Telugu marriage post, but made of Streblus asper wood, is set up, and nine kinds of grain are placed near it. A bottu (marriage badge) is tied on the neck of the bride by the bridegroom, and the hands of the contracting couple are united (hasthagonthi) as among the Oriyas. Koliyan.--The Koliyans are summed up, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as "a weaver caste, the members of which were originally Paraiyans, but now do not eat or intermarry with that caste." They are largely found in the Tanjore and Madura districts, and are divided into various nadus (territories) and kuppams (settlements). Those at Pattukottai, for example, belong to Ambu Nadu, and are sub-divided into five kuppams. Many of the Koliyans are engaged in weaving coarse white cloths, while some work as field labourers. As some Paraiyans have Samban (Siva) as their title, so the title of the Koliyans is Isan (god). At times of marriage, the names of persons must not be mentioned without this title, e.g., one who is, in everyday life, called Ponnan is addressed as Isa Ponnan. An interesting point in connection with the first puberty ceremonial of a girl is that, on the sixteenth day, when she bathes, a withe of a creeper (Dalbergia, sp.) made into a loop, is passed round her body by a barber from head to foot thrice, without touching her. If this is not done, it is believed that the girl is not free from pollution.