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BAZIGARS, a nomad gipsy-folk of India, found throughout the peninsula, and variously known as Bazigars, Panchpiri, Nats, Bediyas, etc. The Bazigar is usually a Mohammedan, the Nat a Hindu. They make a living as jugglers, dancers, basket-weavers and fortune-tellers; and in true European gipsy fashion each clan has its king.

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H. A. Rose, Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier (191 I) .