Many of these septs are common to the Boyas and other classes, as shown by the following list:--
Avula, cow--Korava. Boggula, charcoal--Devanga. Cheruku, sugar-cane--Jogi, Odde. Chevvula, ear--Golla. Chilakala, paroquet--Kapu, Yanadi. Chimala, ants--Tsakala. Chinthakayala, tamarind fruit--Devanga. Dandu, army--Kapu. Eddula, bulls--Kapu. Gandhapodi, sandal powder--a sub-division of Balija. Geddam, beard--Padma Sale. Gudisa, hut--Kapu. Guvvala, pigeon--Mutracha. Jinkala, gazelle--Padma Sale. Kukkala, dog--Orugunta Kapu. Lanka, island--Kamma. Mekala, goat--Chenchu, Golla, Kamma, Kapu, Togata, Yanadi. Midathala, locust--Madiga. Nakkala, jackal--Dudala, Golla, Mutracha. Nemili, peacock--Balija. Pichiga, sparrow--Devanga. Pandhi, pig--Asili, Gamalla. Pasula, cattle--Madiga, Mala. Puchakaya, colocynth--Komati, Viramushti. Pula, flowers--Padma Sale, Yerukala. Tota, garden--Chenchu, Mila, Mutracha, Bonthuk Savara. Udumala, lizard--Kapu, Tottiyan, Yanadi. Ulligadda, onions--Korava. Uluvala, horse-gram--Jogi. Utla, swing for holding pots--Padma Sale.
At Hospet, the preliminaries of a marriage among the Myasa Bedars are arranged by the parents of the parties concerned and the chief men of the keri (street). On the wedding day, the bride and bridegroom sit on a raised platform, and five married men place rice stained with turmeric on the feet, knees, shoulders, and head of the bridegroom. This is done three times, and five married women then perform a similar ceremony on the bride. The bridegroom takes up the tali, and, with the sanction of the assembled Bedars, ties it on the bride's neck. In some places it is handed to a Brahman priest, who ties it instead of the bridegroom. The unanimous consent of those present is necessary before the tali-tying is proceeded with. The marriage ceremony among the Uru Bedars is generally performed at the bride's house, whither the bridegroom and his party proceed on the eve of the wedding. A feast, called thuppathuta or ghi (clarified butter) feast, is held, towards which the bridegroom's parents contribute rice, cocoanuts, betel leaves and nuts, and make a present of five bodices (ravike). At the conclusion of the feast, all assemble beneath the marriage pandal (booth), and betel is distributed in a recognised order of precedence, commencing with the guru and the god. On the following morning four big pots, smeared with turmeric and chunam (lime) are placed in four corners, so as to have a square space (irani square) between them. Nine turns of cotton thread are wound round the pots. Within the square the bridegroom and two young girls seat themselves. Rice is thrown over them, and they are anointed. They and the bride are then washed by five women called bhumathoru. The bridegroom and one of the girls are carried in procession to the temple, followed by the five women, one of whom carries a brass vessel with five betel leaves and a ball of sacred ashes (vibuthi) over its mouth, and another a woman's cloth on a metal dish, while the remaining three women and the bridegroom's parents throw rice. Cocoanuts and betel are offered to Hanuman, and lines are drawn on the face of the bridegroom with the sacred ashes. The party then return to the house. The lower half of a grinding mill is placed beneath the pandal, and a Brahman priest invites the contracting couple to stand thereon. He then takes the tali, and ties it on the bride's neck, after it has been touched by the bridegroom. Towards evening the newly married couple sit inside the house, and close to them is placed a big brass vessel containing a mixture of cooked rice, jaggery (crude sugar) and curds, which is brought by the women already referred to. They give a small quantity thereof to the couple, and go away. Five Bedar men come near the vessel after removing their head-dress, surround the vessel, and place their left hands thereon. With their right hands they shovel the food into their mouths, and bolt it with all possible despatch. This ceremony is called bhuma idothu, or special eating, and is in some places performed by both men and women. All those present watch them eating, and, if any one chokes while devouring the food, or falls ill within a few months, it is believed to indicate that the bride has been guilty of irregular behaviour. On the following day the contracting couple go through the streets, accompanied by Bedars, the brass vessel and female cloth, and red powder is scattered broadcast. On the morning of the third and two following days, the newly married couple sit on a pestle, and are anointed after rice has been showered over them. The bride's father presents his son-in-law with a turban, a silver ring, and a cloth.