The Loyal Karens of BurmaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 264 pagini |
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Pagina 75
... young their duties to elders and parents ; recount the heroic deeds of old and of the race from memory ; and teach students to be their successors as depositaries of the national traditions and folk - lore . Supreme importance is ...
... young their duties to elders and parents ; recount the heroic deeds of old and of the race from memory ; and teach students to be their successors as depositaries of the national traditions and folk - lore . Supreme importance is ...
Pagina 79
... young man chooses for himself the girl whom he wishes to marry . He begins by obtaining the permission of the girl's parents to paying his addresses - not , however , to the girl herself , but through the parents . " He then selects a ...
... young man chooses for himself the girl whom he wishes to marry . He begins by obtaining the permission of the girl's parents to paying his addresses - not , however , to the girl herself , but through the parents . " He then selects a ...
Pagina 80
... young people having made up their minds to marry , and the parents having given their consent , the bridegroom makes a feast in his house , to which the bride and some female com- panions come . During the feast , the bridegroom ...
... young people having made up their minds to marry , and the parents having given their consent , the bridegroom makes a feast in his house , to which the bride and some female com- panions come . During the feast , the bridegroom ...
Pagina 90
... young pair of orphans , brother and sister , whose parents had left them only four annas in silver . In accordance with the ancestral custom of the Karens , they had been driven from the long house or barrack in which the whole clan ...
... young pair of orphans , brother and sister , whose parents had left them only four annas in silver . In accordance with the ancestral custom of the Karens , they had been driven from the long house or barrack in which the whole clan ...
Pagina 92
... young girl to cook in haste , as she was very hungry . With a heavy heart the young girl was just pouring all the rice her brother had brought home into the pot , when the old woman checked her sharply . " What a wasteful child ! Seven ...
... young girl to cook in haste , as she was very hungry . With a heavy heart the young girl was just pouring all the rice her brother had brought home into the pot , when the old woman checked her sharply . " What a wasteful child ! Seven ...
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