Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-31
The HINDOO PEOPLE.
hr Hgarklr on TlsiT Social and
Domestic Manners and Customs.
a PEEP INTO a mSDoo HOME.
lrreverenco NJ the American and
European Youth for Old Agc.-In-
diha Great Museum OF Nations.


MI Naglrhat'4 lecture az the Con.
/ gfogaiuua. church Lac; night was one
OF the mltt interesting addresses heard
in thia city Zoe long time, anI merit.
Ell much larger audience than was
urtscnI the subject was. The Social
au D3mo'tlc Manners anu Customs u
the hindoo People.
Ia beginning bis lecture, which
lasted nearly two houfs, Mr. Nagarkar
said that India was about $4,000 miles
from where be then stood aud that Il
covered an area Of about onuthlrd Of
thr Unilci STATES aud contained
population pi 100000 soul, aud 100
races VI mankind. These varied Ia
color from the coal.blaoS negro 10 the
ruddy.compltxioned Indian with all
the intermediate shades and degrees.
In fact India was vast museum Of
nhtlon8 associated with all the vagarles
and ianiastic dfeamland notions OF
"Arnbiau Nighp5 fiction. BUTT had
ll' own history, antocedents aud
CIVILIZATION anu oil were highly
in1rt,sung. The people OF America,
nc shiu, were separated from them by
geographical boundaries, tclig Hon, caste,
creed anu oil that waskindFed between
man hui man. Nincty.ulue per cent
OF TIE hiuloo people were Of Aryau
| ancestry but To-Day they were rub.
! divided into iuuumeratls CLASSES, clans
ana communities entirely disstmiiaf
from each other That divoraidnd
condition has developed different sentl-
Wcnt, emotions and modes OF living.
Hind0o social exclusion was one u
the most stfigiug pecullautios to
tue foreigner. One Hindoo may know
another curing his natural lie but
no matter how good friend no might
bu would never ask him 10 dine
OF accept an Invitation TO do 10 II there
was any difference m thoifcas The
| speaker wanted II undefst OF that he
did not belong 10 that olsss which never
exchanged social amenities Natives
/ Of lndia, on account OF political tribu-
lallouH aud religious caste had becoms
decidedly suspicious OF foreigners vino
almost invariably misinterpretod their
motives aud conduct. Travellers gem
orally passed through India AZ whirl.
wind speed learning little or nothing
OF this people Aau then stigmatizeI
them NJ exclusive.
The second distinct PECULIARLY was
that Of female seclusion. La the great.
| or part Of that country a woman must
stay continually within the four walls
| Of her own home. 10 IL not possible for
women 10 go Into the open streets. In
! Bombay where this speaker lived they
were not NO strict yet there was no
such freedom possible ~ In this and
! European Countries, In the temples,
theatrrs and churches the sexes are
entirely separated ana are never al
lowed IN iutrfmlngle. The condition
OF caste today was dueto Mohammcdan
influence aud tyranny which engfRited
the cruel and fatal Institutions VI caste
uu Indian social life.
a third popularity was the united
or composite family system where the
sons, married or single remained In tho
same household until the death Of the
parents or themselves. Ohcntimes
tnofe were ~ many as hity members
In 0ue family Thus the true patri-
afchnl Hystem had been peTpOiuated
anu preserved. There was the
greatest reverence and respect
among the younger members Of tho
family for the older ones aud no
child unless la an extremely rare case
would do anything 10 bring sorrow or
trouble 10 old age. The undutiful
child IL regarded IA an outcast and
receives the keenost criticism and
ubloquy from those who were once his
VI her friends. la the united family
HyHttm there were 10 be sure domestic
disturbances at times hut they were not
nearly 20 frequent ~ many people sup
posed. IL had its advantages when
were many and H. Disadvantages
Wur tow.
IL wa. with n feeling Of extreme sad.
mss that the lecturer observed an utter
aud Cbf Burable want u reverence aud
resi- oct Tor old age among tho youth
OF this country aud Europe. The
shame al treatment oil aged persons that
no had teen VA his recent travels could
never be- witnessed Ia his native land.
The fourth distinctive feature was
that OF caste, which was great
puzzle 10 tho average western mind.
Caste was social Classification
based on birth, ana breeding anu sane.
toned by religion. II was thus
divided %, the priest; (2l, the soldier;
(3l thu merchant, aud til, the servant
There Is no intermarrlage possible
between these elements u society.
Caste was n delicate though powerful
IN Indian s1cisl lie. IL IL
not created nor eau II be-, but comes In
u existence OF its own accord In the
course ofsoclal evolution.
Mr.. Ma afkar then took hls hearers
on an imaginative trip 10 his native
land aud gave thum a "poep into tho
home" This part OF his re.
marks were extremely interesting but
space will not permit their reproduce
ton,
Tomorrow night Mt. Nagarkar will
lecture In the Sal, Lake rheator. His
subject Is the British Conquest OF India.
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