| 词条 | Mer people |
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Mer is a community from the Saurashtra region of Gujarat state in India. They are also called Maher or Mehr.[1] They speak a dialect of the Gujarati language. Geographical locationThey are mainly based in the Porbandar, Ranavav and Kutiyana talukas of Porbandar district Jamnagar Devbhumidwarka in gujrat Society and CultureThey are Rajput and also a predominantly an agricultural community.[1] [2]Historically, the men in the community also served in the militia of the former Porbandar State[3].The community is endogamous, that is, marriages take place within community, and exogamous with respect to clan.That is the bride and groom belong to different clans. Cross-cousin marriage used to be the preferred way of finding a partner[4] The women of this community do not observe female seclusion norms.[5]. Mer men perform their unique version of Dandiya ras called Mer ras a dance, which is known as a warrior dance.The performance include liberal dusting of Gulal (Vermillion) on the bodies and costumes of the dancers[6]. ClansThey are an endogamous group sub-divided into 14 exogamous lineages. Out of those 14 Lineages, four are from the Highlands and the remaining are from the lowlands. The lineages are: Keshwala, Sisodiya, Odedra, Karavadra, Rajshakha, Chavda,.[7] DiasporaMers started migrating to the British colonies in East Africa during early parts of 20th century.The businessman, Nanji Kalidas Mehta was instrumental in helping them to migrate to Africa. Many of the early migrants were from the highlands villages.[8] After the independence of the East African countries in the 1960s, most Mers and other Asian communities from this region moved back to India, or to the United Kingdom. SurnamesMer share many Rajput family or clan names such as Kuchhadiya,Keshwala, Chauhan, Sisodiya , Rajsakha , Karavadra , Odedra and Parmar.{{cn|date=September 2017}} References1. ^1 {{cite book|author1=Fernando Franco|author2=Jyotsna Macwan|author3=Suguna Ramanathan|title=Journeys to Freedom: Dalit Narratives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzj1pyBKZzsC&pg=PA242|accessdate=6 April 2013|date=1 February 2004|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-85604-65-7|pages=242–}} 2. ^Odedra, N.K., 2009. Ethnobotany of Maher tribe in Porbandar district, Gujarat, India. Sourastra university, 87.[https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/11821969.pdf] 3. ^Maddock, P., 1993. Idolatry in western Saurasthra: A case study of social change and proto‐modern revolution in art. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 16(s1), pp.101-126. 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Trivedi|first1=Harshad R.(Author)|title=Mers of Saurashtra Revisited and Studied in the Light of Socio-Cultural Change and Cross-Cousin Marriage|date=1986|publisher=Concept publishing|isbn=9788170220442|pages=39-62|url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ecWYqLcfYrIC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=porbandar+maher+people&ots=RVcoQVycRE&sig=xBeSNhYgsJJxXQtyopmbN4nzIPs#v=onepage&q=cross%20cousin&f=false}} 5. ^{{cite book|author1=Kumar Suresh Singh|author2=Rajendra Behari Lal|title=Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&pg=PA906|accessdate=6 April 2013|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-104-4|pages=906–910}} 6. ^{{cite book|author=Manorma Sharma|title=Musical Heritage Of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuWBch2jTqAC&pg=PA60|accessdate=6 April 2013|date=1 January 2007|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-313-0046-6|page=60}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Maher Online|url=http://www.maheronline.org/maher-community|}} 8. ^{{cite book|last1=Trivedi|first1=Harshad R.(Author)|title=Mers of Saurashtra Revisited and Studied in the Light of Socio-Cultural Change and Cross-Cousin Marriage|date=1986|publisher=Concept publishing|isbn=9788170220442|page=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ecWYqLcfYrIC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=porbandar+maher+people&ots=RVcoQVycRE&sig=xBeSNhYgsJJxXQtyopmbN4nzIPs#v=onepage&q=cross%20cousin&f=false}} External links
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