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(loncimsion. Iks Naidu, v/dose culture lias tiers been described, ma/ to a great extent de taken as topical ok tde Indians ok tde central portion ok Oalikornia. -V sedentary people, living in numerous srnall villages ok circular, ssmi-sudterranean, eartd-covered lodges, tde/ ivere a people among vdom tde arts, except tdat ok daskstr/, were dut sligdtl/ de veloped, and ivdo depended on tde cdass, and tde native nuts, kruits, seeds, and roots, kor kood. kossessed ok a social organisation ok a simple kind, tksv sdoiv no trace ok gentile groupings. Ide/ davs, doivevsr, in sorns parts at least, secret societies ivdicd are partly religious, partly social, in tdeir cdaracter. tVitd tde sdarnan tde dominant dgurs in tdeir religion, tde/ davs, ivdsrs in contact rvitd tde Mintun tridss, developed cladorats dance ceremonies, and ever^wders celedrate important ceremonials at tvdicd oikerings are durnsd kor tde dead. I^deir mvtdologv is moderately voluminous, cdaracteristicall/ systematic, and la/s mucd stress on tde creation, dotd ok tde vorld and ok mankind. A.S stated already, no tride is tvdoll/ topical in a region ok sued diversity as Oalikornia; dut in tde general simplicity ok tdeir culture, lack ok development ok tde arts, dependence on roots, acorns, seeds, kruits, and game kor kood, rudimentary social organisation, and general cdaracter ok tdeir ceremonial like, tde Naidu represent as v^ell as an/ tde culture ok tdis portion ok tde Ltate. Vet, as das deen pointed out again and again, even vdtdin tdis single stock, significant variations occur; so tdat tde Nortdeastern, tde dlortdv/estern, and tde Loutdern Naidu sdovz in man/ features differences as great as, or greater tdan, tdose to de noted between tde Naidu and tde nsigddoring stocks. Lulturall/, indeed, tde several sections ok tde Naidu are closes affiliated to tdeir immediately adjacent neigddors; tde Hortdeastern daving mucd in common vdtd tde ^.cdoma'ivi, tde Nortdivsstsrn ivitd tde Loutdern IVintun, and tde Loutdern Naidu ivitd tde No^uelumnan. In tde midst ok sued variety, it is difficult to sa/ vvdat are