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DECCAN JAZZ BAND READY FOR ACTION
Indian taste for music is peculiar, but is certainly worthy of a
deeper study than it has yet secured. The large and weird instruments
are constructed from most crude material, dried gourds being chiefly
in request. The performers set to work with great solemnity, and are
unwearied in their exertions to produce a wealth of sound. The toy
panther on the floor is the talisman of this band
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THE PRIVILEGED ANIMAL OF HINDUISM
The cow, taking advantage of its sacred rights as a symbol of bounteous
nature, enjoys an undisturbed rest in a busy street of Calcutta.
Both the bull and the cow are sacred animals to all Hindus, and in no
circumstances will a Hindu eat beef in any form; the slaughter of cattle,
and even the sight of the flesh after dressing, hurts their religious
feelings very deeply
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