Bargoar, Bargwar

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THE TRIBES and CASTES of BENGAL. By H.H. RISLEY, INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE, OFFICIER D'ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE. Ethnographic Glossary. CALCUTTA: Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press. 1891. .

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Bargoar, Bargwar

A sub-caste of Goalas in Behar, who are believed to have separated from the¬parent caste by reason of their taking service (khawasi) iTh the houses of the higher crustes. They also keep cattle, sell milk, and cultivate land. Bargoars rank with Kurmis, Koiris, etc., and Brahmans can take water from then hands. They ordinarily marry their daughters as infants, adult-marriage being looked upon as exceptional and not quite respectable. Widows are allowed to marry again, but divorce is not recognised. It deserves notice that Bargoars have none of the exogamous sections so numerous among the Goalas, and regulate their marriages by the formula of prohibited degrees explained in the introductory essay.