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	Jaintia Hills and the people
		The people residing in the central region of Jaintia Hills are called "Pnars" by those living in the southern and northern regions and who are in turn called as "Wars" and "Bhois" respectively by the Pnar.
		Nowadays there has been tremendous change in the way of life of the Jaintia people and it is not uncommon case for a man to live together with his wife and children in separate houses and the house is solely run by the father of the house and not by the uncles.
		Matriliny in Jaintia Hills does not mean that the female are more supreme than the males but it is that tracing of descent is done through a female side.
	jaintia.nic.in /people.htm (978 words)

	JAINTIA ARTICLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In Jaintia Hills society, it is found that villages which clustered around a particular area recognize themselves as the components of a single political entity.
		Jaintia Hills was originally known in the local parlance as 'Ka Ri Khadar Doloi' or ' The Land of the Twelve Tribal Chiefs'.
		Because in those ancient days, Jaintia Hills was ruled by the twelve Dolois who had their own Elakas, boundaries, power to govern and a sizeable population.
	www.khasi.ws /jaintia_article1.htm (1460 words)

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