Sekri
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THE TRIBES and CASTES of BENGAL. Ethnographic Glossary. Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press. 1891. . |
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Sekri
This sweeper caste has few representatives in Eastern Bengal, the ten or twelve houses occupied by them being all within the city, and, having become Muhammandans, they can with difficulty be distinguished from the population around. The Mullas having acknowledged them to be true believers, they worship in the public mosques, and are buried in the public graveyard.
Shaikh is a title assumed by all, and their names are generally taken from the day of the week, or from the month in which they were born. For instance, Shaikh Ramazan, and Shaikh Itwari are common appellations.
At the present day the Dacca Sekri only work at the manufacture of lucifer matches, or spills of wood tipped with sulphur.
On the east of the Meghna Sekri colonists are employed as cultivators.
