Children, whether born to landowners or to servants, are treated well. Breast-feeding may continue until a child is two or three years old. There are many rites of passage for children such as the first rice feeding and the first haircut. When they are about eight years old, the children begin doing domestic chores. Girls help care for the younger children, haul water, and carry food for the animals.
Boys usually tend to the animals.
They believe in ghosts and demons that haunt the crossroads and rivers, and regularly try to appease them with offerings. The people there worship over 300 gods. Every October there is a religious festival in which all of the gold, silver, and brass idols are displayed for seven days. Various rituals are performed to appease the gods and ward off evil spirits. During these seven days, the people play instruments and dance in honor of their chief god, Raghunathji .