[Marriage rules.] 3. They practise infant marriage, marrying children between the ages of five and ten. They have the usual three forms of marriage—charhauwa, where the bridegroom goes in procession to the bride’s house and marries her there; dola, practised by poor people, where the bride is brought home quietly and the clansmen entertained; and sagâi for widows. Marriage is performed in the usual Muhammadan form, and the binding portion of the ceremony is the reading of the Sharah by the Qâzi or some literate person representing him. A widow may marry the younger brother of her deceased husband, but the levirate is not enforced. If a woman commit adultery or is habitually disobedient to the orders of her husband, he can divorce her by leave of the tribal council (panchâyat). A woman cannot divorce her husband, but can complain to the council if he is faithless to her or ill-treats her. When a husband divorces his wife he gives her three and-a-half rupees. They have a special tribal rule of succession, partly following Hindu and partly Muhammadan rules, but adhering closely to the former. [Religion.] 4. They are Muhammadans of the Sunni sect, but have various tribal deities of diverse origin. Kâlika is one of the forms of Hindu mother worship. [268] Sahja Mâi is the feminine element in the quintette of the Pânchonpîr. Her worship is common in Bihâr. [269] Hardiha or Hardaur Lâla, one of the aggregate of the collective village gods (Deohâr), and three Muhammadan saints known as Ghaus Pîr, Barê Pîr, and Ghâzi Miyân are also venerated. These deities are worshipped in the months of Kârttik and Jeth with offerings of fowls and rice boiled in milk with sugar (khîr). They bury their dead in a graveyard like ordinary Muhammadans. At the festivals of the ‘Id and Baqar ‘Id they offer food to the spirits of the dead (purkha log). To those who have died a violent or unusual death special offerings are made of rice milk (khîr) at the ‘Id, and the halwa sweetmeat at the Baqar ‘Id. Some females on certain days in the week offer a fire offering (hom) to the traditional teacher (ustâd) of the trade, whose name they have forgotten. [Occupation and social status.] 5. Their primary occupation is making glass bangles. [270] Many have taken to agriculture and dealing in hides and horns. The women have a good reputation; they are not secluded, but go about village fairs selling bangles. The use of liquor has been prohibited by the council in quite recent years. They eat the flesh of the cow, goat, sheep, camel, fowls, fish, and all kinds of deer. They will not eat food touched by a Mehtar, Hela, Chamâr or Dom. Women will not eat food touched by any Hindu. All Muhammadans eat and smoke with them, and they say that Doms and Chamârs will eat food touched by them. DISTRIBUTION OF THE CHÛRIHÂRS BY THE CENSUS OF 1891.