Small children of either sex are decorated with silver pyjeb and cheap bead garlands. A lovely flower, own name or image of a god, an ox, a lion, a watch, a peacock or any bird are generally tattooed on arms. Tribal boys and girls get a line of dots tattooed over the eye-brows and women on the chin. The period between engagement and marriage proper is ideal for tattooing. It is generally not performed after marriage.
Tribal women are customarily very fond of getting their body permanently ornamented with tattooing.
Commonly the arms, the feet, the cheek, etc. are tattooed. Black or green ink is imprinted upon the skin in desired designs. Professional tattooers used to engrave these designs in indigenous ways. But now, a small battery-operated machine is generally employed for it. Food Wheat, Jowar and maize form the staple food of the peasantry both in the rural and urban areas.