________________ 160 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY In some localities the girl is bathed on the and the girl is presented with a robe and bodice Baird day, dainty dishes are served her, and she | by her parents-in-law.2 is presented with a cocoanut by cach of her In some castes, a girl is not allowed to cook kinstoik. 1 before she attains puberty." In some castes, when a girl'attains puberty, No ceremonies are perforined when a boy a feast of cooked rice ind niolasses is given to attains puberty, probably because in the case the caste people. In other castes, pieces of of boys the change is not so marked as in the coco:inut kernel are distributed among children, case of girls. . 1 The School Mistress of Barton Female Training College, Rajkct. The School Master of Chhatrasa. 3 The School Master of Uptela.
