...falls the greater part of the labour of life. Their religion is simple : it is the religion of nature. They worship the terrene elements, and have vague...they salute neither their chiefs nor their elders ; no form of greeting exists in their many tongues; neither have they any expression conveying thanks....

...hill people properly so called. Of these, 50,157 are Buddhists, and 11,800 are aboriginal tribes, who 'worship the terrene elements, and have vague and...undefined ideas of some divine power which overshadows all.1 1 The remaining 1,097 are not strictly the people of the Chittagong Hills, and consist of 381...

...hill people properly so called. Of these, 50, 157 are Buddhists, and 11,800 are aboriginal tribes, who 'worship the terrene elements, and have vague and...undefined ideas of some divine power which overshadows all.'1 The remaining 1,097 are not strictly the people of the Chittagong Hills, and consist of 381...

...their women do not hold so high a position as those of the Kyoungthd tribes. ' They worship the natural elements, and have vague and undefined ideas of some divine power which overshadows all.' Detailed accounts of the manners and customs of each of the tribes of the District will be found in...

...their women do not hold so high a position as those of the Kyoungthd tribes. ' They worship the natural elements, and have vague and undefined ideas of some divine power which overshadows all.' Detailed accounts of the manners and customs of each of the tribes of the District will be found in...