Julaha
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The Julaha are a community of Pakistan and India, which adopted the profession of weaving.
Etymology[]
The term Julaha may derive from the Persian julah (ball of thread).[2] Other explanation put forth by Julaha themselves include "jal (net), jils (decorated) or uila (lighted up, or white)".
Both Hindu and Muslim Julaha groups exist; a number of the Muslim Julaha later changed their group name to terms such as (but not all Ansari's are julaha, as only few julaha's changed their title to Ansari)Ansari[3]
See also[]
- Malik (Julaha)
- Dogra
- Kabir panth
- Bhuiyar
- Meghwal
References[]
- ^ Nava Kishor Das (23 June 2009). Culture, religion, and philosophy: critical studies in syncretism and inter-faith harmony. the University of Michigan. pp. 374 pages. ISBN 978-81-7033-820-8.
- ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh; India, Anthropological Survey of (1 January 1993). The scheduled castes. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 9780195632545.
- ^ Gottschalk, Peter (27 October 2005). Beyond Hindu and Muslim: Multiple Identity in Narratives from Village India. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199760527.
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