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The Tigalas are kitchen and market gardeners, and cuhivate the betel vine. They apparently have three divisions, called Ulli (garlic or onions), Elē (leaf), and Arava (Tamil). Among the Ulli Tigalas, several subdivisions, and septs or budas named after deities or prominent members of the caste, exist, e.g. :—