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It seems to be somewhat like the old carnivals of the middle ages. I have read that in Sardinia, and Italy, and Switzerland something similar takes place. The Sirwah Purrub is a sort of festival held in honour of the native Diana the chumpa buttee before referred to. On the appointed day all the males in the forest villages, without exception, go a-hunting.
As we rode slowly along, we learned many curious facts of jungle and native life from the followers, and by noticing little incidents happening before our eyes. Pat, who is so well versed in jungle life and its traditions, told us of a curious moveable feast which the natives of these parts hold annually, generally in March or April, which is called the Sirwah Purrub.
The 'Sirwah Purrul, or annual festival of huntsmen. The Hindoo ryot. Rice-planting and harvest. Poverty of the ryot. His apathy. Village fires. Want of sanitation. Writing principally for friends at home, who are not familiar with Indian life, I must narrate facts that, although well known in Indian circles, are yet new to the general reader in England.
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