Folk-Customs in Tamil Nadu

The book Folk-Customs in Tamil Nadu reveals the customs of different community people of (old) South Arcot district and (old) Thanjavur district. The book consists of two parts: first is the analysis part and second is collection part. The first part of the book consists of five-chapter, viz., Folk-customs - Sociological point of view; Anthropological point of view; Caste variation; Regional variation; and Rural and Urban area differences. Second part of the book contains the collection of Folk-customs from different community people and consists of the seven chapters, viz., introduction, customs connected with child birth and childhood days; customs regarding Sacred Thread Ceremony and Puberty Rituals ; Marriage customs; Customs during first pregnancy; Sashtiyapthapurthi and Sadhabhishegam ; and Death customs. Different customs and habits are collected in the field. More than fifteen community people s customs are collected by primary data collection through direct interview method using Questionnaire. Respondents gave full co-operation during the data collection. All the collected data are given in the second part of this book with full details. I hope that this book will provide the full and proper details about different community people for the younger researchers in this field.