[Birth ceremonies.] 11. There is no ceremony at pregnancy. The Chamâin midwife officiates. She cuts the cord (nâr) and buries it in the exact place where the child was born, and lights a fire there. On the day of her confinement the mother gets a decoction of flour, ginger, coarse sugar, and turmeric, mixed up and boiled in water. She then gets nothing to eat for three days, when she is fed on rice and pulse. She remains secluded in the delivery room (saur) for six days, during which time the Chamâin attends. On the sixth day is the chhathi ceremony. All the men and women of the family have their dirty clothes washed by the Dhobi. The men have their heads shaved, the women get the barber’s wife to cut their finger and toe nails, and dye their feet with lac dye (mahâwar). The house is replastered, and the old earthen vessels replaced. The Chamâin bathes mother and infant. The delivery room is first plastered by the Chamâin and then by the sister of the child’s father (nanad), for which she gets a present in money, clothes or cattle. If a son is born the Chamâin receive four annas and her food, and two annas for a daughter. The washerman and the barber’s wife get the same. The husband does not cohabit with his wife for two and-a-half months after her delivery. [Adoption ceremony.] 12. Adoption is made in presence of the brethren, who are entertained. He acknowledges the boy as his son, and the boy acknowledges him as his father. If this is not done the adoption is not recognised. [Puberty ceremony.] 13. There is no special ceremony when boys or girls attain puberty, but at the age of five or six their ears are bored (kanchhedana). The boring is done by a goldsmith, who gets one pice and a ration of uncooked grain (sîdha). No tribal feast is given, but the members of the household wear their best clothes and eat specially good food that day. Up to that time it does not matter what the child eats, but after the ear-boring he must conform to the rules of the caste.