Purabi
The Purabi are a social group of India. Along with the Pachhimi, they make up the two branches of the Tharu caste. The cast is divided into the Barhka Purabi or "upper," and the Chhutka Purabi or "lower" eastern.[1]
Customs
An 1880 record notes:
The Pachhimi Thariis refuse to eat with the Purabi ; and even between the subdivisions of the latter there are many restrictions on the praotice ef eating together. This is more curious because most members of the caste will eat pig's flesh and fowls, while all will drink country spirits.[1]
References
- ^ a b North-western provinces (1880). Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces of India, ed. by E.T. Atkinson [and others]. p. 358.