The Nayadis who live within the jurisdiction of the Kavalapara Nayar near Shoranur wear the kudumi (front lock of hair), as there are no Mappillas (Muhammadans) to molest them.
In olden times, members who disobeyed him were made to run through the streets with a rotten tender cocoanut tied to the kudumi (hair knot), while a man ran behind, applying a tamarind switch to the back.
Consequently, when children at play have their kudumi partially tied, and slap their thighs, they are invariably scolded owing to the association with funerals.
The Kudumi medicine men of Travancore claim to be able to cure snake-bite by the application of certain leaves ground into a paste, and by exercising their magical powers.
One man sat on his legs, another on his waist, and a third held his head down by the kudumi (hair-knot).
A Kudumi woman in Travancore, at the menstrual period, should stand at a distance of seven feet, closing her mouth and nostrils with the palm of her hand, as her breath would have a contaminating effect.
Sometimes a silver lizard is offered at temples, to counteract the evils which would result from a lizard falling on some unlucky part of the body, such as the kudumi (hair knot) of a female.
They wear the kudumi (hair knot), and are said to follow the marumakkatayam system of inheritance in the female line, but they do not perform the tali kettu ceremony.
The name of a sub-division of Vellalas, meaning those who tie the whole mass of hair of the head (kondai) in a knot on the top of the head, as opposed to the kudumi or knot at the back of the partially shaved head.
The following legend is told, as accounting for the removal of the kudumi (tuft of hair on the head), and wearing the cloth without a fold behind.
A bamboo stick is tied to the kudumi (hair-knot) of the corpse, and the head pulled by its means towards the surface of the grave.
A large majority of the Christian Shanars have adopted the kudumi together with Christianity.
His wife unties his kudumi (tuft of hair), the shaking of the head becomes more violent, he breathes rapidly, and hisses like a snake.
When children at play have their kudumi partially tied, and slap their thighs, they are invariably scolded, owing to the association with funerals.
Another proverb is to the effect that "the kudumi (hair tuft) on the head of a Sholiar does not shake without sufficient reason," i.
The kudumi, as the Bishop points out, would doubtless have been admired by our grandfathers, who wore a kudumi themselves, viz.
The kudumi is the tuft of hair, which is left when the head of Hindus is shaved.
It is the Kudumi who procures leeches for the gouty Reddi or the phlegmatic Moodeliar, when he finds that some blood-letting will benefit their health.
I gather [33] that "the Kudumi is a necessary adjunct to the village.
In short, wherever higher notions of civilization, and a regard for appearances extend, the use of the kudumi seems to extend also".
The Kudumi often belongs to the Irula or Jogi caste.
The Pallars in Tinnevelly used to wear their hair long, but most of them have recently adopted the kudumi, and the wearing of the kudumi is now spreading even among the Pariahs.
He is an expert practitioner at phlebotomy, and many old Anglo-Indians domiciled in the country will recall the Kudumi when his services were in demand to heal some troublesome limb by the letting of blood.
Should the Palaiagar fail to bring something down, usage requires that the pujari should deprive him of his kudumi or top-knot.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kudumi" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
