fertility of the neighbourhood, 257 n. 3;
the Star of, 259
Betsileo of Madagascar, their belief in serpents as reincarnations of the dead, i. 83
Bghais, a Karen tribe of Burma, their annual festival of the dead, ii. [60] sq.
Bhâdon, Indian month, i. 243
Bharbhunjas, of the Central Provinces, India, marriage custom of the, ii. [262]
Bharias, of the Central Provinces, India, exchange of costume between men and women at marriage among the, ii. [260] sq.
Bhujariya, festival in the Central Provinces of India, i. 242
Bilaspore, infant burial in, i. 94 sq.;
annual festival of the dead in, ii. [60]