The women also wear a flower-like ornament in the middle part of their cars and a necklace made of glass beads and silver coins. Traditionally, the Magars were Animists, but due to the influence of the Brahmin Hindus over time, the Magars have been Hinduised to one degree or another. The vast majority of Magars have little or no concept of who God is and have never even heard the name of Jesus. They are highly protective of their cultural and religious identity and resistant to change. Pray against the poverty mentality and greed that is quite strong in this group.
Women are uneducated and looked down upon.
Pray for God to give the women a new sense of worth and for the men to see the value of women in their society. They are afraid of the Hindu gods and of going against the tradition of their ancestors. They believe that if they don't do the Hindu rituals, their dead ancestors will be punished. They are also afraid that terrible curses will be put on them if they become a Christian. Pray for God to release them from all of their fears and false superstitions.