tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57391350465233060352024-03-26T00:28:43.842-07:00BuDa FolkloreConnection between the land and the people...Savita Udayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05772836731350506934noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739135046523306035.post-41961391497390041532022-10-22T08:34:00.010-07:002022-10-23T07:44:43.142-07:00Traditional Baskets and other weaving crafts with natural fibers in Uttara Kannada-western Ghat region<p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;"><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOHXk2oa-LKMYrni0tnusBZ8W4tfoZZE8Yj6mxfwMZjCLna-hGobyI_iV-KJX10OhaG5jq55dlHG1B1KmUjrH-FkzGiA8o2t8lklBoSow6hlLMWaW27p6rfj1CS5DgZydmfExbLjOEUJz/s2048/SDC10203.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOHXk2oa-LKMYrni0tnusBZ8W4tfoZZE8Yj6mxfwMZjCLna-hGobyI_iV-KJX10OhaG5jq55dlHG1B1KmUjrH-FkzGiA8o2t8lklBoSow6hlLMWaW27p6rfj1CS5DgZydmfExbLjOEUJz/w400-h266/SDC10203.JPG" width="400" /></a></u></b></h2><p class="MsoNormal">While weaving craft with natural fibers is one of the widest spread crafts in the history of any human civilization, it is hard to say just how old the craft is, because natural materials baskets seldom survive, as they are made from perishable materials like natural fibers ,grass, river reeds, cane ,vine and bamboo </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5equ7QYavlYy2GWy1MgEUyoReExKnwzVdNgRq1mXR4-TuVH3878kVacX4WgopmPJPXcJpHhzRck1_cXua-B_9AT5KISv4wYZllhJ61GTYOnLodqlALW0HWIISw6P6e6cn441hqPlash-/s1600/DSCN3026.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5equ7QYavlYy2GWy1MgEUyoReExKnwzVdNgRq1mXR4-TuVH3878kVacX4WgopmPJPXcJpHhzRck1_cXua-B_9AT5KISv4wYZllhJ61GTYOnLodqlALW0HWIISw6P6e6cn441hqPlash-/w345-h259/DSCN3026.JPG" width="345" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are many kind of natural fibers used in Uttra kannada region by our ancestors, local tribes and communities .these vegetations are available
abundantly in the nature where they lived .</p><p class="MsoNormal">They used it for fencing, making shelters like huts and machans , making baskets ,ropes , pot holders
and pot hangings , tying animals ,caring loads, tying bundles making jewelries , stringing beads
, weaving mats, cradles for the new born babies ,traps for fishing etc. Natural fibers were part of their daily life . weaving techniques are used to find protection from rain and sun, and to build boundary lines or safety from wild animals and enemies Most of the crafts, kitchen and
farming utilities were depending on this natural fibers until plastics came and took away the importance of this natural fibers</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The local story of natural fibers </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Weaving with natural fibers is a unique rural craft. done by hand and each product has its story weaved in the local culture</p><p class="MsoNormal">There are many applications for weaving techniques from simple mats, ropes, brooms to baskets .Here I have documented various types traditional weaving craft in the cultural context of Uttara Kannada region, Karnataka Most of them are lost in the plastic and synthetic wave </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJWvx4HJysuHDa6zgWFfNOVDWobv0ln8aLN4VEM8s-AopM2RKvK0m4KDzhI2lZ6SFKLU77w4IdvJr3DsSEOymeBXNlnm7vzkDTruR2ZnVrX4av9L3V9vJJhjwo5rDScM15RlUEGwY-IG7/s2048/DSC_0825.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1371" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJWvx4HJysuHDa6zgWFfNOVDWobv0ln8aLN4VEM8s-AopM2RKvK0m4KDzhI2lZ6SFKLU77w4IdvJr3DsSEOymeBXNlnm7vzkDTruR2ZnVrX4av9L3V9vJJhjwo5rDScM15RlUEGwY-IG7/s320/DSC_0825.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">halakki women observing cane baskets </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">What makes basketry, weaving craft so special is that it has evolved in cultures around the world, as we all collectively found the need to carry things, store items, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">There are a multitude of uses of natural fibers ranging from sleeping mats to traps meant for catching fish, and they play a prominent role in some religious ceremonies.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Most of them are harvested on a particular season to get the
best results. each one has to go through a certain process to get the final product
which can be weaved later</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Natural fibers /plants for making rope,string and twine from western Ghats :</u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><b><i>1.. ನಾರು ಬಳ್ಳಿ /ಕೌರ್ಗಿ ಗಿಡ (</i></b></span></span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>Helicteres isora</b></i><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Indian screw tree)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4XO4YnJUOMOeg_z7HYSwCH01rh1ZuarN-ptf1il33igqpaJ_ggJugab_0Cv7S5RVshabDxmXF8kp0D3sA9OtS74ASe021L78K4wkU7qHazdTy5R60g4UWf0FmcNmto5GhHc0vMJmFHhni5blmJ9PBXasS7KqZGgb7ShrvyYVWXh4Z1U0ih3hpwaHRQ/s1440/IMG_20211106_092200.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="648" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4XO4YnJUOMOeg_z7HYSwCH01rh1ZuarN-ptf1il33igqpaJ_ggJugab_0Cv7S5RVshabDxmXF8kp0D3sA9OtS74ASe021L78K4wkU7qHazdTy5R60g4UWf0FmcNmto5GhHc0vMJmFHhni5blmJ9PBXasS7KqZGgb7ShrvyYVWXh4Z1U0ih3hpwaHRQ/w275-h400/IMG_20211106_092200.jpg" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><b>Helicteres isora</b></i><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Indian screw tree</b></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTtkF5wsGHFzmIz3twK20G5jb6Ubq_tWUzR6mhGrzH6hISgCVt2PEMVTiN-nVpyd0rxBWJVhGiFr6wmwc53kPqMivrkzVTi8-Stq8ZIHBi9X2dkLl5fuy9BtIWKGFC1jn9Oko4QcERQvxoI7z2P_Kk0RPXm997RddLEea43THZa8I7cxNnmWru0ebeA/s4000/IMG_20211106_092303.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></b></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></b>The best type of isora fibre is obtained when the plants are
1-1.5 years old; the plants older than 2 years yield coarse
and brittle fiber.. The best month to harvest is July to September. In costal Karnataka they harvest in the month of September and the fiber will be ready for the Deepavali festival for the ritual of tying new ropes for the cows .Thin ropes made from these fibres are used as cordage for making cots, tying cattle and ploughs The isora fibre has the potential for handicraft products.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal">.The stem has to be harvested in the month of August or September. The outer plant bark is peeled off with bare hands for the fiber and soak in the flowing water almost 1 month . This harvest is combined with a festival called <i>bali padyami</i> Deepavali which comes in the month of October That day villages traditionally tie a new rope made by this <i>naaru balli </i>to their cows . That means harvest has to be done before 1 month of this festival and it is exactly comes in August or September … The bark is also a source of
strong fiber used as cordage for making cots, tying cattle and
ploughs</p><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhji25TlSuaM1nfRDIvj3-usEjLfODLGiD7DzjwQ4j3avCWrKH1urWmYrAX200d6FlJyCA5H1AAfktrfvnoMiezEoZBU-j1aDXY8VSGxB73BGydxXY-aXdXoZ41BQOrq2RSLLgi2Ji6dVS_/s2000/57575308_10218094922945378_978446330881900544_o+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhji25TlSuaM1nfRDIvj3-usEjLfODLGiD7DzjwQ4j3avCWrKH1urWmYrAX200d6FlJyCA5H1AAfktrfvnoMiezEoZBU-j1aDXY8VSGxB73BGydxXY-aXdXoZ41BQOrq2RSLLgi2Ji6dVS_/s320/57575308_10218094922945378_978446330881900544_o+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> . The fiber is called naaru and the rope is called naarina balli </span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUddMR1-yketPkCzMu0iGf4_A1pO8Ze6BFU6xu8zAvjk2cd-anpsR-e6nWDUtlaOWrc1OuNab2UJPPvp4pmtfJAZtwf87i2CfWyO99E5-7nDUiDhq0e50NE3nShruWsYkdFMTpyH4g0gQLGCgcqwibA-0RYlxX2WRsTJGDCZOZt3JRkA6CuN_wtGkiQ/s4160/IMG_20171103_101638489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUddMR1-yketPkCzMu0iGf4_A1pO8Ze6BFU6xu8zAvjk2cd-anpsR-e6nWDUtlaOWrc1OuNab2UJPPvp4pmtfJAZtwf87i2CfWyO99E5-7nDUiDhq0e50NE3nShruWsYkdFMTpyH4g0gQLGCgcqwibA-0RYlxX2WRsTJGDCZOZt3JRkA6CuN_wtGkiQ/s320/IMG_20171103_101638489.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b>2. <i>ಕತ್ತಾಳೆ </i> (Agave sisa</b><b>lana)-</b><b>Natural fiber thread from Halakki tribe</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="TTNormsPro, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18px;">Kattale /mani daara ಮಣಿ ದಾರ (</span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: TTNormsPro, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Agave sisalana</em><span face="TTNormsPro, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18px;">) leaves are quite fibrous and have been used to make rope and twine for thousands of years. In fact, the Inca and Mayan peoples used it extensively: not just for making cordage, but also woven into cloth for garments, hats, footwear, home furnishings, and paper.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoCxnIfsk5a0e776Mk4vOeQgySuU1hP7Y3BfpxobKP4IS2r6kKnAfqmvhlaRfkhEAhsFmBQc7wsxWaE2qgsLL73tSsGX8uvzEcomehuE_AtAxHgRabjgEB2QdTjC5JxC29DDre55_V-eg/s1080/kattale.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoCxnIfsk5a0e776Mk4vOeQgySuU1hP7Y3BfpxobKP4IS2r6kKnAfqmvhlaRfkhEAhsFmBQc7wsxWaE2qgsLL73tSsGX8uvzEcomehuE_AtAxHgRabjgEB2QdTjC5JxC29DDre55_V-eg/s320/kattale.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i>Kattale</i> (Agave sisa</b><b style="text-align: left;">lana)</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtAONn5QpZ5My9HMxVGecnY3DMEL6D_eOQp_OqY-1WeMwdAD-N3rv1ofTj96HAmNdokzaBl1oxnJKS-rc8CEknmYmi7RY1Q1DEpBYkcvAgVHNiqd_Sx-TgrCBFG545Soc1yU3eDL9-ZE5/s1080/kattale+thread+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtAONn5QpZ5My9HMxVGecnY3DMEL6D_eOQp_OqY-1WeMwdAD-N3rv1ofTj96HAmNdokzaBl1oxnJKS-rc8CEknmYmi7RY1Q1DEpBYkcvAgVHNiqd_Sx-TgrCBFG545Soc1yU3eDL9-ZE5/s320/kattale+thread+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">kattele naaru made by halakki woman </td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_winF5RjyaMlWsCZH6o4Zo8WNSTxVtMbbe6WPovv49CS8gLMDBkfrJHP2WJatxS8MBRjxJ0_ZpT_Uu5l27piO-XHs25wCR5PbFWzvGvyVQiX2KWGVV6ZV9RySguxriJIftTo1opfeb-0/s1080/beads+story+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_winF5RjyaMlWsCZH6o4Zo8WNSTxVtMbbe6WPovv49CS8gLMDBkfrJHP2WJatxS8MBRjxJ0_ZpT_Uu5l27piO-XHs25wCR5PbFWzvGvyVQiX2KWGVV6ZV9RySguxriJIftTo1opfeb-0/s320/beads+story+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />In Uttara kannda region halakki tribe women wear a heavy bundle of beads in their neck if you go back to their story of beads you will be thrilled to know they used to use natural fiber to make thread to string this beautiful beads . sadly now they are using nylon threads and plastic beads They never bought necklace but beads and string the beads themselves in a delicately woven thread with natural fiber <p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Kattale is a thorny cactus kind of plant which grows in the wild used mainly for fencing .Halakki tribe women who goes to the forest to collect fire wood pick up 2or 3 of these long leaves which they call it locally <i>mani hede</i> ( snake like leaf for Beads) There are two verities depending on the colour gray and green they say gray leaf will give more fiber compare to green </p><p class="MsoNormal">In the rainy season they harvest these leaves and soak it in the flowing water .When they get time in the summer they take out this leaves which is turned into fiber .they separate the hair like thin strings and weave into thin thread to string their beads .They also use the fresh leaves to retrieve fiber in a traditional way using sharp edged bronze plate by scrubbing the thin flesh on the leaf </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>3. Coir rope making </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #565656; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 15px;">Coir, otherwise known as coconut fiber, is the natural fibrous material found between the hard, internal shell and the outer coat of a </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">coconut. Retting is a curing process whereby the husks of the coconut are kept in an environment that encourages the action of naturally occurring microbes.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> Green husks are buried in pits dug along riverbanks, berried suspended by nets in a river and weighted to keep them submerged. The husks are left to soak for at least six to nine months.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hand made coir ropes are disappearing craft on the bank of the sharavati river . </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQTro9RQXUr63a-TydkgqCO3Q8IPBu5oPxl6ludSjtiKOdhjAMDLnwANt12wcjkZuM4XKmX63RcmHOY-9THkKCDTFZBfFx9go6VJfvSRYLgCnK3JAzzVsnvLVBIh2aDawZaizdDwBdP0EdIQsHXjp57UJPmdaIabovDNFaoGQZ2e3icKPPAIq-Izl0g/s4000/RIVER%20ROUTE%20RISHI%20VALLEY%20%20(386).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQTro9RQXUr63a-TydkgqCO3Q8IPBu5oPxl6ludSjtiKOdhjAMDLnwANt12wcjkZuM4XKmX63RcmHOY-9THkKCDTFZBfFx9go6VJfvSRYLgCnK3JAzzVsnvLVBIh2aDawZaizdDwBdP0EdIQsHXjp57UJPmdaIabovDNFaoGQZ2e3icKPPAIq-Izl0g/w320-h180/RIVER%20ROUTE%20RISHI%20VALLEY%20%20(386).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWmU9aienwCfOe-0QjGY7npS5ulBbqD2On9E6xpmQyx6B4idjLSQtgPbINM6ZVdU-y_NpcJmMQv-gNRwiFmAjL8Rs8uKzQl3XQbdFT1KlOFIs0Zf3shChGzrmZMVaJ_Of5jxIOUAmPfU1jYbKrOV81K42r-OBIkk67hy4HgfBl0BUW1Zpztw9lcjYJg/s4160/IMG_20171103_093336507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="4160" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWmU9aienwCfOe-0QjGY7npS5ulBbqD2On9E6xpmQyx6B4idjLSQtgPbINM6ZVdU-y_NpcJmMQv-gNRwiFmAjL8Rs8uKzQl3XQbdFT1KlOFIs0Zf3shChGzrmZMVaJ_Of5jxIOUAmPfU1jYbKrOV81K42r-OBIkk67hy4HgfBl0BUW1Zpztw9lcjYJg/s320/IMG_20171103_093336507.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ymiQI_eWBiGtDd5z-Y8RvcXpowrf-0pSy5CLcCkA2VPyaAi3HrcJqFXxDFp2xPAeY_XpzNR8QbVYbFhkxzCQU9-dT8LQDunRrrRIwChP2D7tmZkrlp9HWp_UJDaIymjMVar5Zt4dhPI-wJW0mpv459-Kn1m5DngboNJtxIGSaeBJhAsBccoquthrQw/s4160/IMG_20171103_100850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ymiQI_eWBiGtDd5z-Y8RvcXpowrf-0pSy5CLcCkA2VPyaAi3HrcJqFXxDFp2xPAeY_XpzNR8QbVYbFhkxzCQU9-dT8LQDunRrrRIwChP2D7tmZkrlp9HWp_UJDaIymjMVar5Zt4dhPI-wJW0mpv459-Kn1m5DngboNJtxIGSaeBJhAsBccoquthrQw/s320/IMG_20171103_100850.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKD_633p6q-WaVHBmmz5VIT2zClymFAX3beGfrOW956LXsuB8Xd4zs76TmDHrrTnV_STh8r0nQYT-LYVlG4Lc53uVpAqo4FOalKMrLOWY9Vb0c3bWKIQnkfoBDjhe-qNi8ZLAj2YtGCDJyVPrzA30PVgtEU3xkGtDz_HPAiBllyGYP_KgfkBdU6vE7VQ/s4000/RIVER%20ROUTE%20RISHI%20VALLEY%20%20(371).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKD_633p6q-WaVHBmmz5VIT2zClymFAX3beGfrOW956LXsuB8Xd4zs76TmDHrrTnV_STh8r0nQYT-LYVlG4Lc53uVpAqo4FOalKMrLOWY9Vb0c3bWKIQnkfoBDjhe-qNi8ZLAj2YtGCDJyVPrzA30PVgtEU3xkGtDz_HPAiBllyGYP_KgfkBdU6vE7VQ/s320/RIVER%20ROUTE%20RISHI%20VALLEY%20%20(371).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Weaving brooms from the local grass: hittanade hullu in kannada (Eriocaulon species) </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">It grows in damp soil or shallow water of western Ghat region. Traditionally women weave brooms and baskets with this delicate grass (though the grass looks delicate it has good tensile strength) the process is you have to rewove the white head which looks like a human skull (Burude in kannada ) then the grass has to be dried in the shade for 3 days until it turns into golden yellow then weave horizontally then role it to make broom.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">traditionally these brooms were used to broom the gods room or fire place now this beautiful local craft totally disappeared from the village . heard that they used to make baskets with grass ican just imagine beautiful golden yellow grass weaved into tiny golden baskets but never got to see this forgotten craft of making basket </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctYO2eE29Kcay1WJU4HUb-UzcUJ7iLsuV5sNovJBVXEA4K8wAY1epQWivzzsdp41P4APxBiCdFkjr5bUQFt_KVeDYyJCl5YdevnW9qgwcfLAeJcD1hbVUPAqDGNq5-oYdmPrGqdYbiM9k/s1600/broom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctYO2eE29Kcay1WJU4HUb-UzcUJ7iLsuV5sNovJBVXEA4K8wAY1epQWivzzsdp41P4APxBiCdFkjr5bUQFt_KVeDYyJCl5YdevnW9qgwcfLAeJcD1hbVUPAqDGNq5-oYdmPrGqdYbiM9k/s320/broom.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAit4zYH4p21xgIxFbFDSF2oa-WcdKmvB7kZWpZwIbf28v8nbLFX_X5anmZxRNBXCxzpPAsmmAeU8eJuYJcz_ONqNiy0zgqhiT6VP_1MlAQvOmgvhDVCq3MSUZCMIWw_xBf211LC-sQ5MY/s1600/DSC_0457.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAit4zYH4p21xgIxFbFDSF2oa-WcdKmvB7kZWpZwIbf28v8nbLFX_X5anmZxRNBXCxzpPAsmmAeU8eJuYJcz_ONqNiy0zgqhiT6VP_1MlAQvOmgvhDVCq3MSUZCMIWw_xBf211LC-sQ5MY/s320/DSC_0457.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioD0YKeNWfdFUdT-SXArKV6P6oJIfeVAUjQwCCKJoY6kcl_hWTR3XKqy03frMsTDHb23F5qVGk0PkflInkNn9Fm7vznM8geO6ZeUkW1clB8QPceHHRWDoAWe5Lo66HvXFTpLDQOgNN0-tR/s1600/DSC_0569.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioD0YKeNWfdFUdT-SXArKV6P6oJIfeVAUjQwCCKJoY6kcl_hWTR3XKqy03frMsTDHb23F5qVGk0PkflInkNn9Fm7vznM8geO6ZeUkW1clB8QPceHHRWDoAWe5Lo66HvXFTpLDQOgNN0-tR/s320/DSC_0569.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hittande hidi </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>link from my blog : <a href="https://buda-honnavar.blogspot.com/search?q=broom">https://buda-honnavar.blogspot.com/search?q=broom</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>weaving mats from the local river reeds on the bank of Sharavati river </b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uttara kannada region has got a unique landscapes ..it has sea ,river forest and western ghat hill ranges .. the art and craft also have its connection with the respective landscape and eco system of this region. People of this land found its own kind of reeds /grass/palm/pine to weave mats. Here we can see 3 types of reeds that are used for mat weaving according to its landscape ; Its interesting to see how the landscape and eco system playing a role in weaving craft. Three kinds of mats using 4 different species of plants !!such diversity in one region </span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Mundki hullu (Pandanus unipapilatus) and kedige hullu (Pandanus odorifer)</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Both belong to the family of pandanaceous (screw pine family).</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">These are two varieties of thorny bushes/shrubs which grows in Uttara kannada region along river side.</span><span face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and beach side. It also grows near the streams. Both look the same ..</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Local tribes use both the grass to weave the mats .. Gamokklu tribe from the river side mainly use the </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">mudki hullu </i><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> which </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> grows along the river side Halakki tribe from the sea side use <i>kedgi hullu</i> which grows</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">near the sea side ..</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVd9vox67Mc6PteiWVmU1Za08_LTucCDlxARlGKDJSkK3ZLbuBhwEFFq51VNSr9fykF1GScLlePz6JxKUoq-XibHMTEk0oT1tkCFFfeyFarADfy7qKx1Z1UA5EyVFKL9bag7LtadCQDsV/s2048/DSC_0420.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVd9vox67Mc6PteiWVmU1Za08_LTucCDlxARlGKDJSkK3ZLbuBhwEFFq51VNSr9fykF1GScLlePz6JxKUoq-XibHMTEk0oT1tkCFFfeyFarADfy7qKx1Z1UA5EyVFKL9bag7LtadCQDsV/w286-h214/DSC_0420.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDIT-ipT7WENz1Whs9F0jtweJ5YQUy7HXRgQjd7ekYopIyAUwCly3I_ruQ0FfTUusIe355gGi0s4UK4Jx3tQDO1HKMviOSzDQgUVrlL0jd6TqY1XXh8isIRUf5eUxHQJK_oyHMKKHfWIH/s2048/RIVER+ROUTE+RISHI+VALLEY++%2528359%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDIT-ipT7WENz1Whs9F0jtweJ5YQUy7HXRgQjd7ekYopIyAUwCly3I_ruQ0FfTUusIe355gGi0s4UK4Jx3tQDO1HKMviOSzDQgUVrlL0jd6TqY1XXh8isIRUf5eUxHQJK_oyHMKKHfWIH/w322-h211/RIVER+ROUTE+RISHI+VALLEY++%2528359%2529.JPG" width="322" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mundki hullu</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span id="docs-internal-guid-fef0b3b4-7fff-5f06-2650-0691b455230d"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Geykana hullu : (cyperus malaccensis) Cyperaceae</span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span id="docs-internal-guid-f01e6083-7fff-ef2a-de6a-68362f1e28d3"></span></o:p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">This river reed grows along the Sharavati river bed. Locally it is called </span><span face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><i>Geykana hullu </i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">It is also used </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">as a fodder for the cows .. This river reed is harvested after the monsoon during </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre;">October</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> or November month </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> until February .</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre;">Harvesting</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> is </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre;">normally</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> done by the women .Women themselves take the boat to harvest the grass .After harvesting it has </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre;">to be</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> dried </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> before weaving </span></p>
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The weaving pattern and technique totally</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> different from sea and river mats </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28QrUoKIzrqmk3FRH9bq5te8nRmZtSWIaXnCFAj0dsNaB4LStbcwOkLBwfmyvedqlfsS9aCkcqDmbexTeC8A7bVKKWrnJaL54BTSvMUa1gU6IM2mNmqH30SzOMnvWefqISg_rDeRhOBYN/s1391/malnad+mat++palm+leaves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="1391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28QrUoKIzrqmk3FRH9bq5te8nRmZtSWIaXnCFAj0dsNaB4LStbcwOkLBwfmyvedqlfsS9aCkcqDmbexTeC8A7bVKKWrnJaL54BTSvMUa1gU6IM2mNmqH30SzOMnvWefqISg_rDeRhOBYN/s320/malnad+mat++palm+leaves.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHj-MAGAGWg_FjMwyfHhIUexnV9_hab3XP2WKzjtlGeEPzwdsGRD9jP0vNrS7494AXw02cisDTjoy02gkmFR1fQieEu80-8DHre61kHDf9x5VTwH0Ems8iI4lRgjWykW6rSLeCGsh8ePoM/s2048/Dscn1601.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHj-MAGAGWg_FjMwyfHhIUexnV9_hab3XP2WKzjtlGeEPzwdsGRD9jP0vNrS7494AXw02cisDTjoy02gkmFR1fQieEu80-8DHre61kHDf9x5VTwH0Ems8iI4lRgjWykW6rSLeCGsh8ePoM/s320/Dscn1601.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="TTNormsPro, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">Palm leaves (</span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: TTNormsPro, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Arecaceae spp.</em><span face="TTNormsPro, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">) are gloriously fibrous and make a moderately strong for weaving </span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMPKmVgoJFT1fJQHDX90inG7133TDysOe38Ev8ciA9b5uuENZkegYfdZkITriO7uCvW3_VFSOClYKtlBUkJQuAebWelyUv2zJVggy-_jFjtIUIvGxVdVVay7Vop3bxJGN57rF5x_sv3-e/s800/418778664_35ec21cee3_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMPKmVgoJFT1fJQHDX90inG7133TDysOe38Ev8ciA9b5uuENZkegYfdZkITriO7uCvW3_VFSOClYKtlBUkJQuAebWelyUv2zJVggy-_jFjtIUIvGxVdVVay7Vop3bxJGN57rF5x_sv3-e/s320/418778664_35ec21cee3_o.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Basket Weaving :</b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Basketry is a unique rural craft. done by hand and each basket has its story weaved in the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>local culture. What makes basketry, weaving craft so special is that it has evolved in cultures around the world, as we all collectively found the need to carry things, store items, find protection from rain and sun, and to build boundary lines or safety from wild animals and enemies<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any basket that is woven of natural fibral is a true folk artifact. While modern mass production has all but replaced baskets with plastic and synthetic material.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><b>1.River reed </b><i style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Geykana hullu </i><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (cyperus malaccensis) Cyperaceae</span></p></div><div>Hanmi ajji is the only elderly lady from sharavayti river bank who can weave baskets with this river reed </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBT0neYwrqvvY9s4efaS31LeU4bTobPTuMlWhERANe7sDH2bGUC_x4ioVp2oEczOmWC6r2CRplSX60SzPZlA8Nke7ECLtJ3UfchiOf7ZTHMjHfW9PkZ6SSB4SzWRL0hpYDIJokZBHHLsTr/s2048/IMG_1590.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBT0neYwrqvvY9s4efaS31LeU4bTobPTuMlWhERANe7sDH2bGUC_x4ioVp2oEczOmWC6r2CRplSX60SzPZlA8Nke7ECLtJ3UfchiOf7ZTHMjHfW9PkZ6SSB4SzWRL0hpYDIJokZBHHLsTr/s320/IMG_1590.JPG" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QADVNvx0SKJ-wvA1oi9Ed71t2WqChUS4FpehqKo3G-ZbjBa0UBhTb8S3DZzDyAPbSHWuMQhnPG5977TdON5dhLvqXCR7D5f8BcqRmwRrgn5rIXW07yFlraaWwDjl4DGiacZQEjyATXDe/s2048/DSC_1362.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2048" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QADVNvx0SKJ-wvA1oi9Ed71t2WqChUS4FpehqKo3G-ZbjBa0UBhTb8S3DZzDyAPbSHWuMQhnPG5977TdON5dhLvqXCR7D5f8BcqRmwRrgn5rIXW07yFlraaWwDjl4DGiacZQEjyATXDe/w372-h249/DSC_1362.JPG" width="372" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2.<b>Cane baskets </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Until forest department banned harvesting canes from the forest for essentials cane baskets were part of their life the farmers and forest dwellers used to weave baskets for their daily use . it was used as a need and not for the greed baskets were useful for them to carry coconuts, for fishing, for carry manure soil, to store paddy seeds used as a partition in the house<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">baskets for different purpose and with different design depending on the functional value is a interesting story when you study the baskets of uttra kannada in a cultural ,functional contexts it overwhelming to how the design evolved to make it easier to use </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeItdAIGdvriQ2pa2zoA9XK65Is7JQ3w96n_CvcUCeJvwDwkorTIfxOCfsEqh4ROPf_qGhzbTGp7EWCjxT-cS2mNfva6aQvHTa36Yfg-YbQgkDeG8c1kcWOMJ1RaBh9woLKs1XvxsmH3_F/s2048/DSCF4494+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeItdAIGdvriQ2pa2zoA9XK65Is7JQ3w96n_CvcUCeJvwDwkorTIfxOCfsEqh4ROPf_qGhzbTGp7EWCjxT-cS2mNfva6aQvHTa36Yfg-YbQgkDeG8c1kcWOMJ1RaBh9woLKs1XvxsmH3_F/w376-h282/DSCF4494+%25281%2529.jpg" width="376" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To harvest arecanut from the tree</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSWr2Hs8is_gRYUAQIO7AOPl7GRsH0kgPk1Kk_hDMgbp0Drm3Qzq_Oe23FgiY_lUjAKqNE2KMx-DhGf9-auI2adRodZ_2dX6yluD0RmVrlqQt0rakdn96tY4igSdlu0-IFuXbhbiEWv0s/s2048/IMG_20190202_114952600_HDR+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSWr2Hs8is_gRYUAQIO7AOPl7GRsH0kgPk1Kk_hDMgbp0Drm3Qzq_Oe23FgiY_lUjAKqNE2KMx-DhGf9-auI2adRodZ_2dX6yluD0RmVrlqQt0rakdn96tY4igSdlu0-IFuXbhbiEWv0s/s320/IMG_20190202_114952600_HDR+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mannina butti <br />normally for rough use like carrying loads like soil manure </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5xsaxZ3ZAfIlV_uM36nDn2HIe1IJTB-2Fa-V2hFHSwCuZPIi14krPkqlvoyBBB_-TfaWEs8R9Hsay3Qbne2K-el3-n1ZjVwFaM4nJEsgr26NBaFsLLaaiz5pTbLznvu9wkqBE7jb_ml2/s1280/IMG-20200930-WA0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3l0LoGuCBYJuaVZGL3Bgfd3ZLa-QK7G9BtkaVxF1tAS8fcXl7ZVOatklnMAKMq_eWJORrnaXm8tPB_8ZCsmelMzDc3Be1GlFopct3W33z7tzEuTvZqfC0EXcRuYxFrrS-lZg_BvKBhvhyphenhyphen/s2048/IMG_3008.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3l0LoGuCBYJuaVZGL3Bgfd3ZLa-QK7G9BtkaVxF1tAS8fcXl7ZVOatklnMAKMq_eWJORrnaXm8tPB_8ZCsmelMzDc3Be1GlFopct3W33z7tzEuTvZqfC0EXcRuYxFrrS-lZg_BvKBhvhyphenhyphen/s320/IMG_3008.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chooli mutti to collect coconuts </td></tr></tbody></table><br />Baskets were vey essentials for the framers and villagers in their daily life Unfortunately the forest department in Karnataka banned harvesting cane for the forest dwellers and farmers in Uttra kannada region . and the local craft of basket weaving is fast disappearing .Now you see deep in the forest also plastic baskets replaced the natural baskets which looks out of place <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>3. Wild Vine
basketry-Kurl balli </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_hwZZ_wTb0ogWwI-kl70wAOcrbwz6Jeo60-HqIrJ5gQbpXyQCjJH6SEGS8Hye3W9yH0K4brA6aAbLt-YpTqZxUrk3hzd_2flSRN1w8vkbqHaKvZmaiKi141v4A87KcB7X8lm_nxcGRnV/s935/27460033_10214703893451760_3350595805921963743_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_hwZZ_wTb0ogWwI-kl70wAOcrbwz6Jeo60-HqIrJ5gQbpXyQCjJH6SEGS8Hye3W9yH0K4brA6aAbLt-YpTqZxUrk3hzd_2flSRN1w8vkbqHaKvZmaiKi141v4A87KcB7X8lm_nxcGRnV/s320/27460033_10214703893451760_3350595805921963743_n.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
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forest vines have always been readily accessible and plentiful for weavers,
they have been a common choice for basketry purposes. The runners are
preferable to the vine stems because they tend to be straighter.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOL1vXUxlAjcJMEpdaFtM4Aw5XiLo8erBcipB3Ea3jjAO9yeNRuFEl-DFtz-nFhygt2n1lkl6SYD51zvataIVzVsXW76Y7GsVV5v3W2ZgktgUqAIckxA4bBAws89Vsz-DF98_AQmc_2Hc/s3000/IMG_4269.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOL1vXUxlAjcJMEpdaFtM4Aw5XiLo8erBcipB3Ea3jjAO9yeNRuFEl-DFtz-nFhygt2n1lkl6SYD51zvataIVzVsXW76Y7GsVV5v3W2ZgktgUqAIckxA4bBAws89Vsz-DF98_AQmc_2Hc/s320/IMG_4269.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>In Uttara
kannada region the important wild vine called kurl balli in kannada is harvested fresh and weave into a basket.
villagers use this wild vine for different purposes .the use it tie bundles , for fencing it was used like a tough thread for tying poles this was used to make quik containers which was used in kitchen for arecant picking. storing garlics and
dry fish small baskets are mainly
used for storing things. its always kept near the chimney where the smoke comes
and with the time this baskets turn into black <o:p></o:p></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p>BuDa folklore is documenting and reviving these natural fibers through educational progrmmes </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Buda folklore Explore the art of traditional basket weaving using the wild vine which can be harvested from the forest of Angadibail. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7lGOncafjhzCPvskNaS20l8L4PvMAszYPTAfEclkuRpEOHRoPlMXXrZtZg5Au1s1A0TtJDCgP8yDmG-Ai6HGe2UKQcpG1U5pq7goiYAtDF3Zdu310Xco-kgpcUZKaZ73NVyfhl0R3ETV/s2592/DSCN8581.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7lGOncafjhzCPvskNaS20l8L4PvMAszYPTAfEclkuRpEOHRoPlMXXrZtZg5Au1s1A0TtJDCgP8yDmG-Ai6HGe2UKQcpG1U5pq7goiYAtDF3Zdu310Xco-kgpcUZKaZ73NVyfhl0R3ETV/s320/DSCN8581.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Savita Udayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05772836731350506934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739135046523306035.post-82097316811595625702020-08-31T10:16:00.023-07:002020-09-03T10:09:57.265-07:00Moti gudda trek with Appaji -Unknown treks of western ghats<div class="separator"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Moti gudda trek with Appaji -Unknown treks of western ghats</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;">-Vaishnavi Prabhu with Savita Uday </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FtQaxJ-3UVVgOndSVAJReD0mZhwUHH-0MO8OCl50k9k4CYxZzrSjNXtcDyM3UF0hCuk5konZQDNWKq8dnEndtyz0XG4ZMnHg4hbMcyLgQeJBvuOVs-mzkXBXcT6_tZF6iUgy33cNVBY7/s2048/IMG_20180928_144834854.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FtQaxJ-3UVVgOndSVAJReD0mZhwUHH-0MO8OCl50k9k4CYxZzrSjNXtcDyM3UF0hCuk5konZQDNWKq8dnEndtyz0XG4ZMnHg4hbMcyLgQeJBvuOVs-mzkXBXcT6_tZF6iUgy33cNVBY7/w640-h480/IMG_20180928_144834854.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-448987da-7fff-3d09-7e60-064628abf5d2"><span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The beautiful view of Motigudda from angadibail forest farm paddy field</span></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b8cd54b6-7fff-8a93-9087-92255fdf9046"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I remember, Appa once met his childhood friend, Madevanna, and they were planning to climb up Motigudda . His friend soon forgot of this plan as he was not serious about it . But, the idea stayed with Appa always. Motigudda trek had been on the 84-year-old Appa’s bucket list for the past 3 years. This is the highest peak of Uttara Kannada region which we see from our breakfast table at the Angadibail farm. I discouraged him that it would not be possible for him at his age and that I will not be taking him. One summer, he somehow convinced his grandson, Atmeeya who at once agreed to take him.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Uday, Anvay, and I were at Gokarna at that time; we received a call from Atmeeya about their adventurous plan of leaving for the trek early next morning. We decided to join and make Appa’s mission complete. Vaishnavi, our all-time favourite volunteer joined us too.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">After three years of this trek, Vaishnavi decided to write about it and bring back the best memories of a day well spent.</span></p></span></div></span><div><div class="separator"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7df446e3-7fff-0cff-7060-f8071e9e45c2"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9g2jlMUjmR_TC09DQSas7msjbbt2MaE3KO2jpuVYhRQU-F0Wguse9VC9FkdQZJEWGoV-IykeK-WwhhyphenhyphenygyCX5GlEzGJd6XXo-LvlyzsHZbaV7UxTv_WC-dgIsj-1Qktb81dqAy53UVStT/s1599/motigudda.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1599" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9g2jlMUjmR_TC09DQSas7msjbbt2MaE3KO2jpuVYhRQU-F0Wguse9VC9FkdQZJEWGoV-IykeK-WwhhyphenhyphenygyCX5GlEzGJd6XXo-LvlyzsHZbaV7UxTv_WC-dgIsj-1Qktb81dqAy53UVStT/w640-h360/motigudda.jpg" title="In the year, 2007 we bought this land with the view of Motigudda)" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ad9c41a1-7fff-ba0f-5a32-bbb96b5314b1"><span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> M</span></span><span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">otigudda from Angadibail forest Farm, so inviting in its being. It is one of the highest peaks of Uttara Kannada region)</span><span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ea06c0a8-7fff-3426-53f2-1eeced065dcd"></span></p></div></div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Going through old photographs - ones taken under the waterfall of our childhood years, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">under the pillow castles </span><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">when mom wasn’t home, out on a trip with the cousins, at the movies with best friends,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> or with strangers </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">faring in distant lands – they all have the power of transcending time and space and taking one </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> back on the</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">journeys lived, loved, and longed for. As for me, it came in the form of a day well spent </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> in the serenading </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">lush of Uttara Kannada where a new love for nature was discovered at each step.</span><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">If it wasn’t for Savita akki’s father, Dr N R Nayak whom we call ‘Appajji’, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">I would have missed </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">the chance to pay a visit to Mother Nature in her full glory. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">The Motigudda trek had been on 84 year old Appajji’s mind for about 10 years. It was a pact made and forgotten </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">between him and an equally energetic friend. The friend never took it seriously,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">but Appaji was determined beyond determination to make this trek possible for himself.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Even Savita akki’s worldly concerns couldn’t convince her father from avoiding the 4 hour trek to the highest peak </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">of the region, with the closest medical service at least 30 kilometers away from the base .</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">He had somehow convinced his grandson and my friend Atmeeya to accompany him on this trek. </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Just one fine evening we got a call from the duo saying that they were setting out on their willful adventure.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sparing no second thoughts, Savitakki, her husband Uday, and their son Anvay closely followed by yours truly </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">packed a bagful of food and set out for the adventure Appaji had planned for himself. </span></p></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWDfw9ouVtbSlZ6DqzCHRyoeWk6uYE0teyKN7pEiB6HcJ_GOs6UWtExRpvmL70GkNZ2VFOc6d5j1JYkMx80r_7GCMWfNgaYgqdE3GBxeR0_O2Zg_hCk8ZplF2gMy1LiR-4pdttOC0Lm_J/s1600/2011-01-01+17.51.11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWDfw9ouVtbSlZ6DqzCHRyoeWk6uYE0teyKN7pEiB6HcJ_GOs6UWtExRpvmL70GkNZ2VFOc6d5j1JYkMx80r_7GCMWfNgaYgqdE3GBxeR0_O2Zg_hCk8ZplF2gMy1LiR-4pdttOC0Lm_J/w640-h480/2011-01-01+17.51.11.jpg" title="In the year, 2007 we bought this land with the view of Motigudda)" width="640" /></a></div> <div> <span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"> In the year, 2007 we bought this land with the view of Motigudda)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5018c56d-7fff-f545-f729-9df7a83c3681"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The far mountains that feed into the waters of the Gangavali River and the ones that can be seen from Gokarna beach have many meandering ways leading to it. We chose the one we were the most familiar with starting at the Buda Folklore base in Angadibail forest, about 30 kilometers from Gokarna. The roads were only suited for an ATV, so packed with sticks and strengths in a red Thar, we started off on the raw forest road.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-50d9bcba-7fff-62dc-05dc-6894525b2595"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our first stop was the last drive-able house - Shalini’s Akka’s forest abode - an hour from our base. On my last visit here, Shalini Akka had offered me a bright pink Rose from her garden, but to my falling face,this time she was nowhere around. But hey, we were in a forest with plenty of forest treasure waiting for us.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oHI_VGVD4DVgQdfnlfQKowUUSci4RnESOUPci_In2v5yw7ek2uDPY4Kzd54hkj0tDPqAfsceQ3ZOr3T8Q7nC-HSnrgsuR46OYcG2g1hoj3qKc9X_sc9308D-C6dgSLr3fnwinK9rAMTv/s4000/IMG_5627.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oHI_VGVD4DVgQdfnlfQKowUUSci4RnESOUPci_In2v5yw7ek2uDPY4Kzd54hkj0tDPqAfsceQ3ZOr3T8Q7nC-HSnrgsuR46OYcG2g1hoj3qKc9X_sc9308D-C6dgSLr3fnwinK9rAMTv/w640-h480/IMG_5627.JPG" title="Appaji's adventure starts here" width="640" /></a></div><div> <span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Appaji's adventure starts here</span></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLhb4cZYhIyZZyDs_IRNAGDEsjmFuD01yZRFe568m-bz16Cgz2fGUcW-Iihx9reCOkmKNb1V7MkULlMbG4FQTGNnCIW7nj_3tH8IRiy3RidF6lsnWWL0aZuEriXEYr7BKeDXgT8pslF0K/s4160/IMG_20180519_073156250.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLhb4cZYhIyZZyDs_IRNAGDEsjmFuD01yZRFe568m-bz16Cgz2fGUcW-Iihx9reCOkmKNb1V7MkULlMbG4FQTGNnCIW7nj_3tH8IRiy3RidF6lsnWWL0aZuEriXEYr7BKeDXgT8pslF0K/w375-h500/IMG_20180519_073156250.jpg" title="Shalini Akka's place. This is the first house before climbing Motigudda. It takes an hour on foot to reach here from the buDa center)" width="375" /></a></div> <span style="color: red;"> S</span><span id="docs-internal-guid-5be0635c-7fff-260b-befb-1150f4a93288"><span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">halini Akka's place. This is the first house before climbing Motigudda. It takes an hour on foot to reach here from the buDa center)</span></span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7d34ebed-7fff-1d2e-db37-faa9a3fdc456"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Parking the car in their compound, we began trekking like locals with foreign gears. Our camera was enough to make Shalini Akka’s neighbours, a Siddi family, curious. They had visitors from the halakki family whom we met on our way to Motigudda .While some of us stopped to have a few words with the little kids in this house, Appaji kept walking on with his eyes set ahead. From there, we headed onto a steep path littered with many Dhoopa trees. These trees, I noticed on our way back had their trunks slashed with knives and coconut shells tied under the cut to collect the resin in. Atmeeya told me that the locals used the resin, also called Dhoopa, for aromatic and purifying purposes. </span></p><div><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0HJj2v_G41uon9vCVs9nNGtLGtlqxWLikoht_Lfd0ODbLs-27l4AydEumxfKFG09BoubC07UyeroHQgqQG0DTH2p1lqThmTdCU9ZcV5a511eayWXiDVyDNVgFwPIv77Qj7wKTwlDw2j2/s4000/IMG_5659.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0HJj2v_G41uon9vCVs9nNGtLGtlqxWLikoht_Lfd0ODbLs-27l4AydEumxfKFG09BoubC07UyeroHQgqQG0DTH2p1lqThmTdCU9ZcV5a511eayWXiDVyDNVgFwPIv77Qj7wKTwlDw2j2/w640-h480/IMG_5659.JPG" title="A Siddi mud house. We climbed the hill from here" width="640" /></a></div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-d84d49ce-7fff-a087-f813-8e878d711dd2"><span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Siddi mud house. We climbed the hill from here</span></span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_X3l_9FbLA-5HrxjdjdTme32W1fTk0Q3airYBRgfoNpGGKF-yaXrayf-v0ESTOiDdJUUsQNHSrcgEEDP2CTrQFBRbvOs-oScdBEtT5YL3yLXkD2oHWGtspzvSZxTeirw4PffLRU7MsWb/s4000/IMG_5641.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_X3l_9FbLA-5HrxjdjdTme32W1fTk0Q3airYBRgfoNpGGKF-yaXrayf-v0ESTOiDdJUUsQNHSrcgEEDP2CTrQFBRbvOs-oScdBEtT5YL3yLXkD2oHWGtspzvSZxTeirw4PffLRU7MsWb/w400-h300/IMG_5641.JPG" title="The first way up" width="400" /></a></div><span face=""> <span id="docs-internal-guid-81fa6b92-7fff-4692-c745-681a3ed34d1d"><span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first way up</span></span><br /></span><p></p>
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Appaji was figuring out the house on his own." width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1f86b370-7fff-7175-7ce4-d2d2355e779a"><span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We could spot our BuDa house from here, of course through the camera zoomed in. Appaji was figuring out the house on his own.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="">The forest path from here on was quite misleading. We even spotted some bear feces </span><span face="">claiming the territory of its owner, dotted with visible seeds of some local fruit that the animal must </span><span face="">have devoured. Up till this spot, we could still see the sky. What followed was the scene out of a </span><span face="">paradise or a dream unlived until now.</span></p></div><div><span face=""><br /></span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb0bZQevwiXGPf97Q8wi1L6cerpTUV42f26IND4kU1Xw0uNoZxFdl9bjvztWQihZhNjoa-SPSX-U6fsqu97GrFfju26ad3GUWN7JgpPjzGa4afo93Cbgysu12fC6xVzoHj-XwLKCcPYe0/s2048/Motigudda+with+appa+%252867%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb0bZQevwiXGPf97Q8wi1L6cerpTUV42f26IND4kU1Xw0uNoZxFdl9bjvztWQihZhNjoa-SPSX-U6fsqu97GrFfju26ad3GUWN7JgpPjzGa4afo93Cbgysu12fC6xVzoHj-XwLKCcPYe0/s640/Motigudda+with+appa+%252867%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUdJRxSloj-lAVCpEeff5vuWKe-ue7pKKmwoLpz7N7L8_nsTAJwY36gRxFkenO7whN_rPBraPdVeZlrxAoqgZY83bY1XKjaI3NKDoIS9pdYUBkNluLdfb7t7g81goVJVjArsHoKmtyqv4/s4000/IMG_5706.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUdJRxSloj-lAVCpEeff5vuWKe-ue7pKKmwoLpz7N7L8_nsTAJwY36gRxFkenO7whN_rPBraPdVeZlrxAoqgZY83bY1XKjaI3NKDoIS9pdYUBkNluLdfb7t7g81goVJVjArsHoKmtyqv4/w512-h384/IMG_5706.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><span face=""><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYlntouMljoAO0jmQhnZ1AZ-uC_Z-CJhqk9VsXWl9IMz-1_OHQyuWU25zUKX3jvScqDV8FpgKh0iynRO5w7QPe3QlDM9_mpBLB3F8NxaWK1d_WtJ2WY8eFjWv-4vAPcIcJKvS9bnewlie/s2048/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528144%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYlntouMljoAO0jmQhnZ1AZ-uC_Z-CJhqk9VsXWl9IMz-1_OHQyuWU25zUKX3jvScqDV8FpgKh0iynRO5w7QPe3QlDM9_mpBLB3F8NxaWK1d_WtJ2WY8eFjWv-4vAPcIcJKvS9bnewlie/w307-h410/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528144%2529.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><span face=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We met these people on our way to motigudda .His indignance took me to the little girl who was being carried downhill by her father on our way up. “She has had high fever for two days and needs to be taken to a doctor,” he mentioned. The nearest one, as I said, was at least 3 hours away on a good day. We wondered what someone stuck here in an emergency would do. Sure, the forest, as Appaji pointed out, was home to a hundred thousand herbs,edible and otherwise, but can a fruit berry save someone with a broken leg, or worse, a heart attack?..</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the middle of a forest on the height of the hills, this family with its trials and tribulations of surviving made us question the comfort and privilege we have in the cities. Later, when we descended from our trek, the same family, taking shelter in the Siddi house, must have wondered how the purpose of our trek is different from theirs. </span></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnEGIqKLkF1KFTIbcfJLeirQDxlN2k7sxApJ9vm6Eiw9D9A7Wt6b_o0khcBJghGZ7Qs5ZQ_yb5NVik9QENZSABrUJ6uBrvln9vkYmifs_4sr5een3yY4IwN7UgDRaQRvJJ-8_9jLYNUfc/s4160/IMG_20180519_082848733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnEGIqKLkF1KFTIbcfJLeirQDxlN2k7sxApJ9vm6Eiw9D9A7Wt6b_o0khcBJghGZ7Qs5ZQ_yb5NVik9QENZSABrUJ6uBrvln9vkYmifs_4sr5een3yY4IwN7UgDRaQRvJJ-8_9jLYNUfc/s320/IMG_20180519_082848733.jpg" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3cwhuunc4lHxpoHqcMsRx6PBYsqIa_8SVAAqQBbzGPwU9Awowg2zzxAzF3BWg7GEbjyqOdlykUFv42niUyRN7lfldhK90baujFf3HZ7Bvze9N-49iN-42ZgxpPlcneiJy-buw40PIfX_/s4000/IMG_5712.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3cwhuunc4lHxpoHqcMsRx6PBYsqIa_8SVAAqQBbzGPwU9Awowg2zzxAzF3BWg7GEbjyqOdlykUFv42niUyRN7lfldhK90baujFf3HZ7Bvze9N-49iN-42ZgxpPlcneiJy-buw40PIfX_/w512-h384/IMG_5712.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEQPCEGoXgCNp2qWKYjAbk1Jn5_wxaVv_4mglDXwLirgd5PJ0F0a22bbE6XBkxVqXm6jULaseP4FAFTpFLQ9kbi5hDobkeWBcF3k9stAw8tWx1h5s9Hc54n8D4z75gZk_bdcfbbwt30uc/s2048/IMG_20180519_082906180.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEQPCEGoXgCNp2qWKYjAbk1Jn5_wxaVv_4mglDXwLirgd5PJ0F0a22bbE6XBkxVqXm6jULaseP4FAFTpFLQ9kbi5hDobkeWBcF3k9stAw8tWx1h5s9Hc54n8D4z75gZk_bdcfbbwt30uc/w307-h410/IMG_20180519_082906180.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkkrQ8WyguDGcCfM_Xj0QZ1mhcctgUD8ylh4gAMFIATn4vwFzsnu5erlbisk7TN57SCruhvUd_5BQq1e__yCwTJsOiMuEsiYbaiufX7p99wz-E8QDKxUBMbQHxMsmS9HW2Ie3b8Q5WnrH/s2048/IMG_20180519_082909214.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkkrQ8WyguDGcCfM_Xj0QZ1mhcctgUD8ylh4gAMFIATn4vwFzsnu5erlbisk7TN57SCruhvUd_5BQq1e__yCwTJsOiMuEsiYbaiufX7p99wz-E8QDKxUBMbQHxMsmS9HW2Ie3b8Q5WnrH/w307-h410/IMG_20180519_082909214.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><span face=""><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfU3X_65OwIkZeeEobppLqYCH4ts6dWfTz3NvrjkMO4tADd88Z9qOVPsWHXes7V024b-WDqCu0_NVC_K_Rz45aVEddCqdJinoyxnCuFeCjT4Up_OHugu_lAcaJNRDgtQ37z-0aStlcdLS/s4000/IMG_5704.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfU3X_65OwIkZeeEobppLqYCH4ts6dWfTz3NvrjkMO4tADd88Z9qOVPsWHXes7V024b-WDqCu0_NVC_K_Rz45aVEddCqdJinoyxnCuFeCjT4Up_OHugu_lAcaJNRDgtQ37z-0aStlcdLS/w500-h375/IMG_5704.JPG" width="500" /></a></div><p></p>
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From his house on the top of Motigudda, he treks down for 2 hours everyday to earn his daily wages" width="410" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">We also met Appanna on the way. From his house on the top of Motigudda, he treks down for 2 hours everyday to earn his daily wages </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-33442787-7fff-71ee-6e33-1f835f173a4f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There were huge trees with their trunks so thick, two of us together couldn’t hug them whole. The forest breathed under out feet, each one an enormous sigh of welcome. A few coins of sunlight that the canopy thankfully let in, played on us as we played who’d lead the troop onward.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYMDmbfvoj0wGgg2fzs14Y2_KFkPGNrv6w1AuhSToQ0fFU0Sa01Aymuh5Msw1dZaKsRyVBI5OwULdYyZU1vhuYY4w-ciFTOIciCntjF-Vix5V6PWAkjJmyJzCTJ2xUxqkad14SDppWSwy/s4000/IMG_5723.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYMDmbfvoj0wGgg2fzs14Y2_KFkPGNrv6w1AuhSToQ0fFU0Sa01Aymuh5Msw1dZaKsRyVBI5OwULdYyZU1vhuYY4w-ciFTOIciCntjF-Vix5V6PWAkjJmyJzCTJ2xUxqkad14SDppWSwy/w375-h500/IMG_5723.JPG" width="375" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1GrbfddGPIx4G-bs12TAonRZaDFa6UhC30NF7mQsvRpMLzyREOIyWjzr9TIK3B6MeeMJRPFoc5xTJGjZmTuOXOEkZP4NU5zF3G59r2uFdu7UWahtul4ohkbZKZbLjQjARV0_aLgcS-SGE/s4160/IMG_20180519_083245920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1GrbfddGPIx4G-bs12TAonRZaDFa6UhC30NF7mQsvRpMLzyREOIyWjzr9TIK3B6MeeMJRPFoc5xTJGjZmTuOXOEkZP4NU5zF3G59r2uFdu7UWahtul4ohkbZKZbLjQjARV0_aLgcS-SGE/s640/IMG_20180519_083245920.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLj2wXa-YbVxl8VDzM8Un30DxmtsCB1R1e2QW0EczlP00KlkaUEKpNROWOLs54G0b0xaPBp7da5rcscsQ39dvzuPUhJ0eXHCK9lbvHPvByAcaD9HSwU_OfmHT-B8Y4hyWODpiA3Z1L6FlO/s4160/IMG_20180519_081741514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLj2wXa-YbVxl8VDzM8Un30DxmtsCB1R1e2QW0EczlP00KlkaUEKpNROWOLs54G0b0xaPBp7da5rcscsQ39dvzuPUhJ0eXHCK9lbvHPvByAcaD9HSwU_OfmHT-B8Y4hyWODpiA3Z1L6FlO/s640/IMG_20180519_081741514.jpg" /></a><br /></span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The forest became denser. The pathways were misleading. We were surrounded by only trees and their huge canopy as our path was filled with fallen leaves. It seemed like we were walking on a never ending path . After some time we could hear the invisible stream and we reached a low lying moist land. Tired bodies sensed a human settlement. We crossed the huge fallen tree where we looked like walking out of a fallen photo frame. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-214a9de7-7fff-4cae-093f-c2701ca35c81"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFJk5k9oA_1z9O8fu9bVvp0-Lw-FclWrBEuzaqIwF3Rdc9LwpJN7qLilkBylrZeF1HLkonycLqZH3ouMuNxt7uAD9Q8aKYecQk2pt_mGvCyGmdgtKhyAgPPUfNWG-qwDo-QhblKBc1T4z/s4160/IMG_20180519_075521750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFJk5k9oA_1z9O8fu9bVvp0-Lw-FclWrBEuzaqIwF3Rdc9LwpJN7qLilkBylrZeF1HLkonycLqZH3ouMuNxt7uAD9Q8aKYecQk2pt_mGvCyGmdgtKhyAgPPUfNWG-qwDo-QhblKBc1T4z/s640/IMG_20180519_075521750.jpg" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncjVXRV7ZYcJtLox5yOdBTLIqGjuYhXPjnQ8mVMKgBYrkbFtxyIPI7vvTQjh9TWiOGc4FsWUIhcT6T6Ggc5osm_n3_ZLNXluWJiUDPX5h8QjUCWh5emxnUhenzBcmrR4mkMhVSWvrig20/s4160/IMG_20180519_082222849.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncjVXRV7ZYcJtLox5yOdBTLIqGjuYhXPjnQ8mVMKgBYrkbFtxyIPI7vvTQjh9TWiOGc4FsWUIhcT6T6Ggc5osm_n3_ZLNXluWJiUDPX5h8QjUCWh5emxnUhenzBcmrR4mkMhVSWvrig20/s640/IMG_20180519_082222849.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIXK7p7jwDTJiuDRlIDsb1zQZHCA_PwhyA3op0_r42j8VTwlZwuoqbWOjSO805QafpUZw_7cavn2YlJxh3yHR3vhsvTPtgFU6kQ5Zme0GIE855UCzxBOP6yuAR1BcJOGc60_TjhXX_xjE/s4000/IMG_5724.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIXK7p7jwDTJiuDRlIDsb1zQZHCA_PwhyA3op0_r42j8VTwlZwuoqbWOjSO805QafpUZw_7cavn2YlJxh3yHR3vhsvTPtgFU6kQ5Zme0GIE855UCzxBOP6yuAR1BcJOGc60_TjhXX_xjE/s640/IMG_5724.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span face=""><br /><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoibMAoX5VPqybB4ofBXFVIYb1YNfrBOuOpIzdkfBsYO6I15_I-fXcZjGWeG9zIJFyLY5aKQFIceDEw_jDk5L8T-76Nh9I1IhflDgrZudWIWxct9a01iQvuL6xJEtFE5SEMna_52vEwF6/s2048/Motigudda+with+appa+%252882%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoibMAoX5VPqybB4ofBXFVIYb1YNfrBOuOpIzdkfBsYO6I15_I-fXcZjGWeG9zIJFyLY5aKQFIceDEw_jDk5L8T-76Nh9I1IhflDgrZudWIWxct9a01iQvuL6xJEtFE5SEMna_52vEwF6/s640/Motigudda+with+appa+%252882%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face=""><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><span face="" style="font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">After 3 hours, climbing along the welcoming sight of arecanut trees and banana plantations, we experienced a soothing effect, a sigh of relief. Some humans, a home, and a comfortable feeling . </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4zfO9chuaN6I2NMdFOUMtQXo61Ey50dgDOUMT_ItH5G6jKqVETxB5wcUzFBAE1PBt7Dh3ZLk-zccaeuCnNXPPsO2IRkoWm98xnRWbZSe3gXPdnxWPubUoE2_mjYgAAD0zOjlFt7i5d7F/s4000/IMG_5901.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4zfO9chuaN6I2NMdFOUMtQXo61Ey50dgDOUMT_ItH5G6jKqVETxB5wcUzFBAE1PBt7Dh3ZLk-zccaeuCnNXPPsO2IRkoWm98xnRWbZSe3gXPdnxWPubUoE2_mjYgAAD0zOjlFt7i5d7F/s640/IMG_5901.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8YVRmOY5ux8YAqDVEvM6qyjtf247_4_ueMVybhl3Ii5igU0JSAyiyR5XD_sPTW6rM_ddiEztNRwkOuHnKVEV0DeTcJ6O5kvKz-DzFRfYdpcbFZ8ykTZIpLC3-LwLdrA0hLNxiWsOh9W6/s4000/IMG_5730+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8YVRmOY5ux8YAqDVEvM6qyjtf247_4_ueMVybhl3Ii5igU0JSAyiyR5XD_sPTW6rM_ddiEztNRwkOuHnKVEV0DeTcJ6O5kvKz-DzFRfYdpcbFZ8ykTZIpLC3-LwLdrA0hLNxiWsOh9W6/s640/IMG_5730+%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face=""></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-45a6e8f4-7fff-9d43-5a48-c44d98a6503e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After about three hours of walking through the sights, smells, and sighs of a green so green it hurt to walk away from, we reached Apanna’s beautiful mud house. A very basic abode with a mud-washed verandah and thatched roof that prevented the sun from drying the ground too much, Apanna lived there with his wife and three daughters. The family grew only the basics: rice, onion, chillies , and lentils to support themselves.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The family was warm; the insides of their home cooler than the sticky air outside. Behind their house was a personal stream with fresh cold water that fed into the narrow valley where the family had their years-worth of Arecanut and banana farms that. The banana plants, Apanna said, were a blessing of lord Hanuman sitting atop Motigudda. He said, “The monkeys wouldn’t dare touch our bananas for the fear of his lord, the monkey God”.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tC1MGV-PFVfuDA1v0_ewoLNgXELRqPG95Rg1Dq0EO1m5dlZeazy9BkbYmEzAbpAZvvM9D9_Iula56xYcCdXVN25NBtIKHRUUXmhL8a0oLE0Xcq6SiKOXnwXGnziyUxVGFbxRCO2UiqT9/s1280/DSC_0714.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tC1MGV-PFVfuDA1v0_ewoLNgXELRqPG95Rg1Dq0EO1m5dlZeazy9BkbYmEzAbpAZvvM9D9_Iula56xYcCdXVN25NBtIKHRUUXmhL8a0oLE0Xcq6SiKOXnwXGnziyUxVGFbxRCO2UiqT9/w640-h360/DSC_0714.jpg" title="Appanna's house" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="color: red;"> Appanna's house </span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuqfoDXp_suggs804dBB_TnqoMF16bJkkIKvCzh6L4MROlMZcf4wzgt_j4pucSwoLEXe62bCJAgu0Bn-ciLt5Z_88ygwlEwu7v9Oci4EMB5kPvyfJBQ4Y7NIRKtLEQqC42wuo9x4SNMAML/w246-h328/Motigudda+with+appa+%252888%2529.jpg" title="Cradle for a newly born granddaughter that Appanna weaved by himself using cane" width="246" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-43df6a2b-7fff-8fc4-1869-05adcd2e16f0"><span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cradle for a newly born granddaughter that Appanna weaved by himself using cane</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The trees around his fields kept the wilderness at the foothills of the surrounding mountains in check.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">This majestic sight had me wish against wishes to have a home there. But as every rainbow follows a gloom, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">every silence follows a doom, so do the wonders of this valley caution one against the hardships of a life there.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEye2L5xb0T6hBliIlTdlm93I4NjjacpHHmJRTOtBlZv8mltQT7mWGg9T3ZbVCD-cZ1QsAVPXeq2DvfcfRUOdMwSl8C0PjM2sQwBqKjpS6ezhpPYZNl98OW6raKHIkDzdU8-lOle2caEc/s2048/IMG_4231.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEye2L5xb0T6hBliIlTdlm93I4NjjacpHHmJRTOtBlZv8mltQT7mWGg9T3ZbVCD-cZ1QsAVPXeq2DvfcfRUOdMwSl8C0PjM2sQwBqKjpS6ezhpPYZNl98OW6raKHIkDzdU8-lOle2caEc/w410-h512/IMG_4231.JPG" width="410" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apanna told us how he worked as a daily wager in Angadibail, which, if he’s fast enough, takes him an hour to reach. They told us how the Monsoons cuts them off from the world outside for 3 months making them survive on all that they had stored during the good times mainly rice , coconut, potatoes ,red chilly - the basics to survive . “The blood sucking leeches will climb up to your head if you start walking in the rain,” he said. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was time to leave Appanna's house </span><span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Following Appaji, we walked into what looked like a green cave, a portal into the densest forest I had ever seen. Moss covered trees and the roots of those trees covered the ground. It was all darker here with an earthy and musky scent only a forest lover could identify. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtu-Z-jxQXPVy5VhzZbhWS7dGaLFPhgYoyB9Hffxllt0f3v7mdHdJ4HLaj4okjLLgDVfEjfbHxZXNR915iGYBf97z18J_m36Fef6z9jjwdrFOIysi6q6pxt8a9L54k2rpgS75p9DMdakZn/s4000/IMG_5756.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtu-Z-jxQXPVy5VhzZbhWS7dGaLFPhgYoyB9Hffxllt0f3v7mdHdJ4HLaj4okjLLgDVfEjfbHxZXNR915iGYBf97z18J_m36Fef6z9jjwdrFOIysi6q6pxt8a9L54k2rpgS75p9DMdakZn/w512-h384/IMG_5756.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><br /><span face=""><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5m2u7_L7LmlS0shcj4aGfjuPWHRcJr6XMrPek_rfjQQVbz0f8dkVCqx7vKIe3Q30lCa4Sb-JuOE4vCT155SVS6mFW-a9ihcs_ht7e2WlBUNug5QRw_JV-675Xb889AWqik6WSfMC95T77/s4000/IMG_5760.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5m2u7_L7LmlS0shcj4aGfjuPWHRcJr6XMrPek_rfjQQVbz0f8dkVCqx7vKIe3Q30lCa4Sb-JuOE4vCT155SVS6mFW-a9ihcs_ht7e2WlBUNug5QRw_JV-675Xb889AWqik6WSfMC95T77/s640/IMG_5760.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLKwR0eAStQjzNXieztwzHLWxrC2I3rP9WIm6SJ8s-0gVVYkWSGmqvvptBTdPWK3OlnviZKLRbqq65qIFVj-dyfTciPWydfqtkyROM8PGT0Hlal2TpRjej3L6QE7lW10Za3VG-gBspNlH/s2048/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528117%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLKwR0eAStQjzNXieztwzHLWxrC2I3rP9WIm6SJ8s-0gVVYkWSGmqvvptBTdPWK3OlnviZKLRbqq65qIFVj-dyfTciPWydfqtkyROM8PGT0Hlal2TpRjej3L6QE7lW10Za3VG-gBspNlH/s640/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528117%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span face=""><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suddenly the sky opened up and we felt like we were on the of the hill leaving the forest behind . </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Out of the forest, we edged into a vast grassland that the locals call Gaali Betta. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Galli stands for a gale </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">that made the tall grass sway like the surface of ocean water.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> After getting lost here for a little while and finding our footing again, we passed by the last mud house, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">which was owned and abandoned by a Siddi family. 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They had probably moved downhill for better prospects.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">We rested for a while at the abandoned house and, crossing another patch of lush, we began hiking up </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"> the last stretch of the coarse and weather-beaten Motigudda. Up there, we found plenty of porcupine quills to decorate my hair with. We dared the last part of our climb under a bright sun with none but a few clouds as a distant resort.</span></p><div><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5Np6IKDAtwVi47T7lD6gNEFevtJf4HNHXJ-omhltrXJLhYl2CV5RkVXzktzNMtnXAydqm_kydRnbAtNBk9ScmcwM_FhiuCNnY_RrrLaU2c2GjLzM3JY7Dzxu69nhicuJDe0iaP4Y6fJb/s4160/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528123%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5Np6IKDAtwVi47T7lD6gNEFevtJf4HNHXJ-omhltrXJLhYl2CV5RkVXzktzNMtnXAydqm_kydRnbAtNBk9ScmcwM_FhiuCNnY_RrrLaU2c2GjLzM3JY7Dzxu69nhicuJDe0iaP4Y6fJb/w512-h384/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528123%2529.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjJc0kB4-bgiq46fATltGtpEnb6zemeQ4U4oktMAj0udqJ9HlWFX40_t8Risf9Dj6SOiRjuPL6C4CcAA7Nd9ILnsq2Ybpp_4iPNSzbIrK1bF7saM5pHFmaXOh5wufQr-dS-XNwzzp3tu6/s4000/IMG_5823.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjJc0kB4-bgiq46fATltGtpEnb6zemeQ4U4oktMAj0udqJ9HlWFX40_t8Risf9Dj6SOiRjuPL6C4CcAA7Nd9ILnsq2Ybpp_4iPNSzbIrK1bF7saM5pHFmaXOh5wufQr-dS-XNwzzp3tu6/w512-h384/IMG_5823.JPG" title="The last house. An abandoned Siddi abode. )" width="512" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ff937ad3-7fff-e552-16f9-127acc851afd"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span style="color: red;">The last house. An abandoned Siddi abode. </span>)</span></span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face=""><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_o0MhDAZZK26VEoVOzsJtmOu4abhmhabhnkzV5XZCjMkgABwLwHnp36YDHUkk2oQk9yXbkbrK7voWrYoCj3LakRSVH76x4H-WbJ91o26qJmvxFSDCke3yxWfOgplXAc0d1dzotIkzTysD/s2048/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528151%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_o0MhDAZZK26VEoVOzsJtmOu4abhmhabhnkzV5XZCjMkgABwLwHnp36YDHUkk2oQk9yXbkbrK7voWrYoCj3LakRSVH76x4H-WbJ91o26qJmvxFSDCke3yxWfOgplXAc0d1dzotIkzTysD/s640/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528151%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">We dared the last part of our climb under a bright sun with none but a few clouds as a distant resort.</span><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">This stretch was very tiring without any shade. Appaji, who was walking slowly, stayed a little behind. We took a little longer round to reach the so-called highest peak of Motigudda. From distance, we could see the broken structure atop the hill, humoring us, testing our patience.</span></div><div><span face="" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTYEmkfQZypnYKnoJpU54iUR3nIgTbhDH7cAf8r0buZJhfm6sWgd7TmbJlv97Jq8BqiSLCLRDJVplTgwOP8WD9TtVN341PgagjII9VPhxpSZkk871yrygPHwRoe2WIjt9iRgAWCYLNTTQ/s2048/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528116%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTYEmkfQZypnYKnoJpU54iUR3nIgTbhDH7cAf8r0buZJhfm6sWgd7TmbJlv97Jq8BqiSLCLRDJVplTgwOP8WD9TtVN341PgagjII9VPhxpSZkk871yrygPHwRoe2WIjt9iRgAWCYLNTTQ/s640/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528116%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pHph1hnEENZ6W7AVoWTe_JddqVroVbsD_YqmaUMjZdPY9AbsvwDHkVjsNvOLxLHwY12FDsqACINAw_WCzloFTH_i1NoYLSPwGQJr2NAUTAGdtSZ4ob6zKzkAGKXKqn8xQOIn52C1zDhn/s2048/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528128%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pHph1hnEENZ6W7AVoWTe_JddqVroVbsD_YqmaUMjZdPY9AbsvwDHkVjsNvOLxLHwY12FDsqACINAw_WCzloFTH_i1NoYLSPwGQJr2NAUTAGdtSZ4ob6zKzkAGKXKqn8xQOIn52C1zDhn/s640/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528128%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKbO6KOxVUDx36Ab8vpSuaaZgbKWU9VwsisAoIKepRy8wtdcOiLEBHP5O5M01LusLSAtZejSOeZ6Vsg5aZBr7h-YXvtS1ynZQfS9q08sXh0urqN7hlcrEIRJ2RbBlw1JuWN5754IqaVgl/s2048/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528130%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKbO6KOxVUDx36Ab8vpSuaaZgbKWU9VwsisAoIKepRy8wtdcOiLEBHP5O5M01LusLSAtZejSOeZ6Vsg5aZBr7h-YXvtS1ynZQfS9q08sXh0urqN7hlcrEIRJ2RbBlw1JuWN5754IqaVgl/s640/Motigudda+with+appa+%2528130%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span face=""><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">We finally arrived at our destination atop Motigudda around 2 in the noon. Like many destinations, this too wasn’t </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> anything on the beautiful journey that led to it. Not one soul but a few seagulls were there in sight. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The mountain top was rugged in comparison to the lush trek that led to it. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">We could see where the Gangavali River met the Arabian Sea and in the distance was the pristine </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">coast of Gokarna.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-00508801-7fff-6bf0-c685-da27fc369a42"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">We rested alongside the locally revered statue of Lord Hanuman. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">We were all but quiet after finishing off </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">what Appaji had started for us. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">As for him, he said nothing, not a word feigning tiredness or expressing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> excitement at overcoming his personal </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">feat.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> No one could tell what was on the mind of our daring old man having achieved something not many his</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> age would even give a thought to.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77uBSzw5t7DpEvypHvTTn7-xMjKnIWGhqsXsf5VEA65oFOTmLQ5w__LnovKLze1pbWF_EYY6gTngFgdoRH8Tri76LRVzQfnzwK78Ed-qwHV-rgOC5Ad7XyR8pABC1XJvfXID68ELHB5zi/s2048/DSC_0528.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Uday uncle and </span><span face="">Anvay, the best to each other, had already finished their mangoes when they discovered how Atmeeya </span><span face="">and I had sandwiched individual slices of our sweet fruits to relish them longer. By the time we had </span><span face="">finished, the few distant clouds had begun gathering to threaten the arrival of the year’s monsoon. So it </span><span face="">was time to begin descending.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="">The way back was easier, more charged because of the feat accomplished and the arrival of a lighter </span><span face="">weather. We reached home at our Angadibail base at around 7 in the evening where Eeshwaranna, the </span><span face="">caretaker of the property, helped us to a hearty meal.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="">When it rained later that night, the forest played an orchestra where the crickets giggled, the frogs </span><span face="">croaked, and a troop of tired humans snored. And trust me, that’s the kind of symphony that fireflies </span><span face="">dance to.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-7cd8b83e-7fff-f3d0-6767-353d70745982"><span face="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Atmeeya stayed with Appaji throughout the trek</span></span></span></p><div><span face=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYTXbVNxrZcrIZXEoYLaw8eJugiJaf6bO7f5mSs6QuM_4tPeu-FJ6hq357c9McLjN_9GwixsuRETHmYE_dy7ZVRhOiY9eaxEIaO00usA1kiqG4r50-ndbPWzVSOiUofGPEVvf8pbrXOsb/s4000/IMG_5720.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYTXbVNxrZcrIZXEoYLaw8eJugiJaf6bO7f5mSs6QuM_4tPeu-FJ6hq357c9McLjN_9GwixsuRETHmYE_dy7ZVRhOiY9eaxEIaO00usA1kiqG4r50-ndbPWzVSOiUofGPEVvf8pbrXOsb/w640-h480/IMG_5720.JPG" title="Atmeeya stayed with Appaji throughout the trek" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj95s0-OCrEnErGtQ9ihZf-vx9zKGO15q9KT9wxudnzDUD5e33c1J8zbSbO9O6gLNn0VGXbypyYKrkeRaukoxxL6B54gSZ0ZbZGdh129Lh_W8SWMdi3FXWyCJjzFEH4XUKP2H8GHwIt2THf/s4000/IMG_5867.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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wisdom -Sukrajji</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span face="" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Sukri Bommu Gowda -who I fondly
call Sukrajji.a great inspiration for my interest in halakki
tribe.She is from my grandparents village called Badgeri in Ankola and has
known me since i was a child . She
scolds me when I don’t comb my hair;she
sits me down ,oils and braid my
thin hair and ties the end with banana fiber. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdxwBfNW2MlQ_TOALB6K6e5_kYCgBkjqQgGvTeVmBKD-V56wWdpYJqji5P4r7lirIhIODbegEhg8U8FzE33P06eSv7mhzlkAA3ktU0ijsOksrJ5UvfgmdpS0g0ZzWuaSy_rpBmQPFjGn1/s2048/IMG_20180329_095514776+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdxwBfNW2MlQ_TOALB6K6e5_kYCgBkjqQgGvTeVmBKD-V56wWdpYJqji5P4r7lirIhIODbegEhg8U8FzE33P06eSv7mhzlkAA3ktU0ijsOksrJ5UvfgmdpS0g0ZzWuaSy_rpBmQPFjGn1/w410-h307/IMG_20180329_095514776+%25281%2529.jpg" width="410" /></span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">My parents and i share a very
unique relationship with Sukrajji.For the world she is a singer and an activist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;">but for me ,she is just my old sukrajji who
warmly holds me and asks "how is amma and appa?"Meeting her is like
going back to</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;">my roots</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;">She told me many stories
......</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;">She has</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;">a story for every plant. She sings songs of
the soil .She is</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;">spontaneous , she is
confident, She is simple, she is the living</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;">wisdom of the tribe</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;">And now she
has been selected for India's fourth highest civilian honour- the Padmashree.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="1024" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zlwzH7SYSzYl4yeQiZR_buiqh6jRpfIYq_hC3Q9Vgtmm2KaRs7DqU6C8SVVst5f88nGs3qPb3msO0Owaa2KYKI4wHAK2WhylWf1INo-yp-0waQl_coAdtmlQUqhQMjzRgUzUAoELPD4W/w331-h500/14210011+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="331" /></span></b></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> The Valley School ,Bangalore in 2006</span></b></p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> </span></b><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I remember in 2006 she came to
Bangalore with me to my school in a bare foot without asking what is that she
has to do there for 15 days. Sukrajji walked bare feet while going in the
forest and she came to Bangalore with barefoot.</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt;">When people ask doesn’t she feel discomfort? she asks them will it be
more discomfort when you walk with your footwear without feeling the earth
under your feet ..? such simple truth of life . </span><div><span face=""><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DXx74DJHyC7H_sdJ0Ql9vAueeH6FjSUlsKCLh8SSh6ywuVX0jD2xRk8TsNxmKJpCZfzJhj7vMHLrI5nWE7ul1xttdjNZBG594Wv480e9iHn0-sghuD4LywtjIJZ4FTa8zvRMQRFh5tKE/s2048/IMG_1709.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DXx74DJHyC7H_sdJ0Ql9vAueeH6FjSUlsKCLh8SSh6ywuVX0jD2xRk8TsNxmKJpCZfzJhj7vMHLrI5nWE7ul1xttdjNZBG594Wv480e9iHn0-sghuD4LywtjIJZ4FTa8zvRMQRFh5tKE/w410-h307/IMG_1709.JPG" width="410" /></a></span></b></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I fondly remember her stories she
narrated to me about the 5 magical
stones, princes with golden hair, the stone crab who turns into princess. I was
more inclined to her epic stories and songs of Ramayana and Mahabharata .How
the tree frog turned into Mandodhari and became Ravana’s wife, She told me a
story of Sita (seete kami) and how Laxman wins Sita by killing the wild crow (</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಕಾಮಂಡಲ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಕಾಗೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> )...</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She
said It is not Rama‘s story ....It is Sita’s story .. many myths were
broken....<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">
Sukrajji won many awards. Her
house is filled with hundreds of awards and framed certificates and momentum .
But Sukrajji's life is not changed .She herself gets firwood to light the choola .She herself says
what will i do with these awards
and certificates ..she has to spend extra money to keep her awards in the
cupboard .. For me still Sukrajji is just my old Sukrajji .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><b style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBCizawxubpYkldgco3I0EAgBs0zWiPHXdxMlhACvByTajciZ8alFnAkI8H2nAI762uL74AK9XFK5hXAQKQFxIN1XO43UREErqAaXAMP9-6c08efjndh5-uJETvdHXfHgNkcIOixyJ1CT/s1600/DSCN5110+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBCizawxubpYkldgco3I0EAgBs0zWiPHXdxMlhACvByTajciZ8alFnAkI8H2nAI762uL74AK9XFK5hXAQKQFxIN1XO43UREErqAaXAMP9-6c08efjndh5-uJETvdHXfHgNkcIOixyJ1CT/w410-h307/DSCN5110+%25282%2529.JPG" width="410" /></a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></b></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Three generations of relationship
with Sukrajji is very special for us in many ways. . She would come to our
house often. ...This is totally
different journey for me with Sukrajji. This gave me deep insight of her life
experiences and it is privilege to share with you here<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> My father recalls when he first met sukrajji
in 1969-70 .He was documenting oral songs from halakki tribe. He met 60 years
old Baleendra gouda and shivi gouda
(Sukrajji’s sister in law ) who were the treasure trove of rich oral heritage
of halakki tribe . sukrajji may be 20 -25 years old at that time. He recalls
she was sitting beside Shivi and said I also know songs shall I sing ? appa
ignored her because she was too young to collect songs from her .. He says when
she insisted he took one song from her .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> My mother has a special relationship with
Sukrajji . She told me walking with Sukrajji in the forest is like you are
walking with flora and fauna of western ghat forest . Many people don’t know
Sukrajji’s this part of wisdom. Sukrajji
values and respects each and every plant which she encountered in her daily
life . The entire forest comes alive when you walk with Sukrajji .Sukrajji says every life has its identity.
They came on this earth with purpose. There is nothing like useful and not
useful<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> She held a wild grass and said this is called
gubbi hullu (</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಗುಬ್ಬಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಹುಲ್ಲು</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the immediate next question from me is what is the use of this
wild grass she smiles and she says first
observe them, recognise them ,then you
will understand them. Yes each plant has got its identity it may not be useful
for me but useful for someone else .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> When you walk with sukrajji the entire forest
recognises her. She introduces each and every plant with their names ,stories ,songs proverbs and
anecdotes.Some may be used for food or a medicine some may be used for weaving
baskets or mats some may be used for the
roofs or just to lay on the floors of the
cow shed .Some may be useful for the animals or birds ,some may be useful for the rituals or
just to tie as a rope, some may be for just there to discover .. My mother says no one has documented her
knowledge of flora of fauna of Western ghat . and its so overwhelming to get
kannada name for each plant from her<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">My mother recalls when she went for a walk in
a small forest near our house in Honnavar town they came back with machle
soppu,(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಮಚಲೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಸೊಪ್ಪು</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">bhandari
soppu,(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಭಂಡಾರಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಸೊಪ್ಪು</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">jangali
gadde (</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಜಾಂಗಳಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಗಡ್ಡೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">, najina
gadde (</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ನಂಜಿನ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಗಡ್ಡೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> )</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">,Kavali gende
(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಕಾವಲಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಗೆಂಡೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">which my mother seen first time though she has documented hundreds
of these kind of plants with tribes. sukrajji introduced these plants and
tubers to my mother first time</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> How sukrajji got interested in these forest
plants is very interesting and it has come from her childhood itself. When she
was 10 years old her job was getting soppu /greens to spread on the floors of
cowshed. She always carried a cane basket (</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಚೂಳಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಮುಟ್ಟಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> )</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and a knife (</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಕತ್ತಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">with
her. She became friends with leaves and grass on her way to the forest. She
started recognizing those greens she needs to bring to make a bed for the
cows.. Chirkla (,</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಚಿರಕ್ಲ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">halcheri,
(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಹಳ್ಚೇರಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">saagade,(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಸಾಗಡೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">kuchmaale,(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಕುಚ್ಮಾಲೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">ekanayaka,(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಏಕನಾಯಕ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">adkoli (</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಆಡ್ಕೋಳಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> )</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">like
she stared recognising hundreds of greens on her way from her childhood .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> My mother told me Sukrajji is the first
halakki tribe woman who talks about the relationship between Panadavas (</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಪಾಂಡವರು</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and halakki
in associated with plants. Sukrajji says
pandavas were farmers and they are our ancestors (Panadavara kula ) We belong to Panadava dynasty “naavu
panadavara kuladavaru “( </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ನಾವು</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಪಾಂಡವರ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಕುಲದವರು</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> )</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">she says stories about how
pandavas brought agriculture in this western ghat region ..She says by breaking
boulders and hard rocks, they made a way to water to flow and they dug wells to feed banana
plantations.On her walk sukrajji recognises many plants which are associated
with Pandavas and she gives interesting stories for these plants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbPx5DvC6RnirDnZkuqhqp1dJsKUtUQBEmd-s-LjMoI-hncLTBka7rtkxS9Q8-vSDirvY29N1V1CqlNgMtXDUG7Ks_N92F9UYHgekA5FCAPLazW9nI52ub43hVx8B7O-QsrZthGUWpi6f/s2048/IMG_20200825_114052828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbPx5DvC6RnirDnZkuqhqp1dJsKUtUQBEmd-s-LjMoI-hncLTBka7rtkxS9Q8-vSDirvY29N1V1CqlNgMtXDUG7Ks_N92F9UYHgekA5FCAPLazW9nI52ub43hVx8B7O-QsrZthGUWpi6f/w512-h384/IMG_20200825_114052828.jpg" width="512" /></a></span></div><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Sukrajji
gave a beautiful story of this pandavara pachche (</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಪಾಂಡವರ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಪಚ್ಚೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> )</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">which
has got beautiful tiny pink
flowers. She tells when this plant
started following pandavas when they set for vanavasa they stopped her on the way on a rocky path
(Laterite rocks ) and asked her to stay on these rocks and not to follow
them .. interestingly these pandavara
pachche grows only on rocks in the monsoons on western ghat forests .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> She recognises many plants and flowers from
the western ghats with pandavas identity. panadavara baalE,(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಪಾಂಡವರ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಬಾಳೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">pandavara harige ,(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಪಾಂಡವರ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಹರಿಗೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">pandavra
pachche, (</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಪಾಂಡವರ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಪಚ್ಚೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> )</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">pandavara
tulasi ,(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಪಾಂಡವರ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ತುಳಸಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ). </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She
says when pandavas went for vanavasa all these plants followed them. How
interesting !!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></b></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6eb9HDg5vc35PPthj9hyphenhypheny4-s8AQc8LLzJOefN7eCq7zFJoMLxGK2aB66ph8lpxJViTrYWbsv6atee3NGoVQlBCATa3HN2ruLMKm_mLdXM6XNHeJ4-KHa4XWxE1gZDJbJ1B77HIpXy2t9K/s1024/Foxtail-Orchid-seete+dande.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="622" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6eb9HDg5vc35PPthj9hyphenhypheny4-s8AQc8LLzJOefN7eCq7zFJoMLxGK2aB66ph8lpxJViTrYWbsv6atee3NGoVQlBCATa3HN2ruLMKm_mLdXM6XNHeJ4-KHa4XWxE1gZDJbJ1B77HIpXy2t9K/w249-h410/Foxtail-Orchid-seete+dande.jpeg" width="249" /></a><br /><br /></span></b></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> Foxtail orchid (Seete dande )source:internet<br /></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="800" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFPe9neAap4F1k3waVHzRO2tnnKqn03qwpjhgNWHMvaYN7818aFXD03ToIKNSvWcWrsw6Ta-D5bjrIqUlj4Qzpom-M7PSJaZI52G_BsugNYJ8EYstckTKNqouNZ7sc7LBWJU1KPKWBW0x/w328-h229/droupadi+dande.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="328" /></span></b></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> Foxtail orchid (Droupadi dande )source:internet <br /></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I remember when I spotted fox tail
orchid in the forest Sukrajji told me this is called <i>seete dande</i>(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಸೀತೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ದಂಡೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">there
is one more of this kind that is called <i>droupadi dande.</i>(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ದ್ರೌಪದಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ದಂಡೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She
explained the difference beautifully .Though they look the same <i>seete dande</i> (</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಸೀತೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ದಂಡೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> )</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">is
more beautiful with longer fall and more
densely covered with flowers compare to
<i>droupadi dande</i> (</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ದ್ರೌಪದಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ದಂಡೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ). </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">droupadi's
garland is really small and the flowers are not closely held<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Sukrajji has a story for this.
Draupadi had five husbands so she never
got time to string flowers elaborately So her mala is done in a hurried manner
so they are small and with scattered flowers.
But seete had lot of time to string the flowers. So she made her dande
/garland longer and densely tied with
more flowers . The stories from the
tribe is always weaved with close observation and deeper connection with the
nature (photos of fox tail orchid is from the internet )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pMCIKCgmOZAPIIX-JAhi852ganYpXXbX1tZfYyMIZi-7Rk7uxEpVHSbarx67V3oLX8Mbw6vWCkb-1f2tvzC1u60oO7xciBFFy70X_yyYkghayUaJ6sjbMZNxtICoOXTwsTF85lHUKGj9/s4000/IMG_5884.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pMCIKCgmOZAPIIX-JAhi852ganYpXXbX1tZfYyMIZi-7Rk7uxEpVHSbarx67V3oLX8Mbw6vWCkb-1f2tvzC1u60oO7xciBFFy70X_yyYkghayUaJ6sjbMZNxtICoOXTwsTF85lHUKGj9/w328-h246/IMG_5884.JPG" width="328" /></span></b></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_urZ3R_XBoH8g_DAgwPGv3zE-704S11Vb2WxiWOnWaJ55uSIFG2b3AlqoY0aiGiRXWD__7HrA_aL5gg31ajqzAe7EjZz6yQ7Tj-GQBcrbTORezjDo3h4Vym5u9OY4Tf3FmCxn2c9hmHdv/s2048/IMG_20200801_133653741.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_urZ3R_XBoH8g_DAgwPGv3zE-704S11Vb2WxiWOnWaJ55uSIFG2b3AlqoY0aiGiRXWD__7HrA_aL5gg31ajqzAe7EjZz6yQ7Tj-GQBcrbTORezjDo3h4Vym5u9OY4Tf3FmCxn2c9hmHdv/w246-h328/IMG_20200801_133653741.jpg" width="246" /></a><br /><br /><br /></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZJ5OXOIAoaBL-WBnuFNtESs2WBjEMH-jEsspk0AIEZdOE82KHjrRrRdRrnlqkmjXr5krYrHgO4WUF96Td1mU_g2OJt4eIzDqQ42h-dx1OqsBogi_fecFVu0nwlHhh_UcQU0eFwDuiivm/s800/themeda+Forssk+wild+grss.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZJ5OXOIAoaBL-WBnuFNtESs2WBjEMH-jEsspk0AIEZdOE82KHjrRrRdRrnlqkmjXr5krYrHgO4WUF96Td1mU_g2OJt4eIzDqQ42h-dx1OqsBogi_fecFVu0nwlHhh_UcQU0eFwDuiivm/w262-h174/themeda+Forssk+wild+grss.jpg" width="262" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo:Internet <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUu6CvRNNlqYMyzQczv6TKAMRxEnqxl2ayI6fvbWMnKynQvZG1MRKnCwQXLyszg8z9FH-N3KGq2Fl6CjjO9hku0-Lv6H5sL_xvr4WU0Hcx_-tBDJlHj13-59Q7jEU8siT8ClnmxbVa45ad/s225/Cyperus+pedunculatus.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUu6CvRNNlqYMyzQczv6TKAMRxEnqxl2ayI6fvbWMnKynQvZG1MRKnCwQXLyszg8z9FH-N3KGq2Fl6CjjO9hku0-Lv6H5sL_xvr4WU0Hcx_-tBDJlHj13-59Q7jEU8siT8ClnmxbVa45ad/w180-h180/Cyperus+pedunculatus.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo:internet<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><span face=""><br /></span></b></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Her knowledge on wild grasses shows her wider
and deeper knowledge on flora of this region .. A walk in the winter with
Sukrjji will bring into notice something you always ignored -the wild grass and
the diversity you never noticed. .
ambugoli ,(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಅಂಬು</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಗೋಳಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">kadkeri
,(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಕಡಕೇರಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">karada,
(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಕರಡ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">gondekarada,
(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಗೊಂಡೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಕರಡ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">koli
hullu,(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಕೋಳಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಹುಲ್ಲು</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> ) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">gubbi
hullu…</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಗುಬ್ಬಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ಹುಲ್ಲು</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">) . </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Sukrajji not
only recognising these wild grasses she will give you the entire biography of
these wild grasses</span></p>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="526" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsIwRwHxR8C-3D2PKc9iWSTzHkUdwtrDDn8aBIDjack63vVU_AyqHVAIWmSGpPno3K97deWHuWmlac1Xxe43zOJi40smv7H9kvAp_TLV0k0QPdihhg8xzWaIPl4R7vWn6lHCGDw4X4Z4Y/w337-h242/karada+.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="337" /></span></b></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Ambu goli <br /></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Ambu goli the name itself describe
the grass .ambu </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಅಂಬು</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">means
arrow in kannada . The flowering shoots
of this grass looks like an arrow. and Sukrjji warns “don’t think this grass is
innocent ..take care of your langotis (</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಕಚ್ಚೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">) </span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and sarees when you go near
to them. I like the way how she
personifies the plants into character.
She smiles and says they will hang on you ( to your cloths )and they reach your village and your home too.
She describes the character of this grass beautifully by saying “ </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಬಣ್ಣ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ತೊಟ್ಟವರನ್ನೂ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಬಿಡ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಚಿನ್ನ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ತೊಟ್ಟವರನ್ನು</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಬಿಡ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> -</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">it
won’t discriminate poor or rich ,well dressed or poorly dressed it will hang on
you ) This kind of depth can come only when you have the deep connection with
the nature and the close observation and little bit of creativity and humour<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2gNjKI1qc6jRAyesDUGsp1a5zXmRkcw64B8OFW-7CCksQxjqmReqpZc4KZadzNYeBr1NPpW1FLy7MtgD7BP3BU9FPjhychy3VOGz1P_-dwLjB74gJ0QlNbdcuQMjmULzh0V5O_3qIHax/s1024/Chipping-sparrow-on-Indian-grass-1024x683.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2gNjKI1qc6jRAyesDUGsp1a5zXmRkcw64B8OFW-7CCksQxjqmReqpZc4KZadzNYeBr1NPpW1FLy7MtgD7BP3BU9FPjhychy3VOGz1P_-dwLjB74gJ0QlNbdcuQMjmULzh0V5O_3qIHax/w328-h219/Chipping-sparrow-on-Indian-grass-1024x683.jpg" width="328" /></span></b></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">photo source: internet </span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">gubbi hullu </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಗುಬ್ಬಿ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಹುಲ್ಲು</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">–</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Gubbi in
Kannada is Sparrow-and the grass has got something to do with
sparrows . Sukrajji smiles and says this
grass grows for the sparrows and not for us !!
The sparrow will build its nest only from this grass.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Sukrajji’s wisdom of ecology has not came from schooling
or books
This came from the ages of observations , a deep rooted connection with
the wilderness and passed down from
generations. Now unfortunately The
huge gap got created for new generation
.They moved from real life experience to
virtual experience<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">“ kuttaade kittade kattidre
choodade ..(</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಕುಟ್ಟಾಡೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಕಿಟ್ಟಾಡೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಕಟ್ಟಿದ್ರೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">ಚೂಡಾದೆ</span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ) </span><span face="" lang="KN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: KN;">”</span><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Shukajji are
you singing or asking me a riddle? when
I asked sukrajji ,she laughed and handed over a bunch of grass to me and said this is the name of this grass.
Learning will be so interesting with Sukrajji<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She has many stories around plants
and places which can become a local encyclopedia <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The local diversity in the form of
rich oral heritage is getting lost. What we are going to lose is enormous. Each
region has its own local wisdom ,its own culture weaved with its ecosystem. May
be each region had Sukrajji whom we never recognised .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3S8D-Sj3jpEFD_0c-eyYhWweoSWepO3DnonAT29c7Q5kES6EhKobSM-7csTRHAPWECjtVrwYQ1xG4B_XafJ38imJrGX0mecZo-EAEqfFCgRzERduiHY5-e4RGxMDzsw_hRMNbx1-ikPO/s3527/sukrajji.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2646" data-original-width="3527" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3S8D-Sj3jpEFD_0c-eyYhWweoSWepO3DnonAT29c7Q5kES6EhKobSM-7csTRHAPWECjtVrwYQ1xG4B_XafJ38imJrGX0mecZo-EAEqfFCgRzERduiHY5-e4RGxMDzsw_hRMNbx1-ikPO/w410-h307/sukrajji.jpg" width="410" /></span></b></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">Sukrajji is recognised as a singer or an activist in the main stream world. She is the one who brought into the light -the halakki tribe . The existence of Halakii tribe came into light only because of Sukrajji <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6lUkJ4KY9fS9-mr4DBvPOq034vbYaKB9YLEPDlKoGrIpQOs_bvKVTGjqJJwqq5qoIGH1hhopnHrmrQnGe5HvqRWIGYAAnzPkHyDdKb1ouphUAttp7q9-GD3OQs7wu-vd0wX-FG9IaDMX/s2048/savita+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6lUkJ4KY9fS9-mr4DBvPOq034vbYaKB9YLEPDlKoGrIpQOs_bvKVTGjqJJwqq5qoIGH1hhopnHrmrQnGe5HvqRWIGYAAnzPkHyDdKb1ouphUAttp7q9-GD3OQs7wu-vd0wX-FG9IaDMX/w410-h230/savita+%25282%2529.JPG" width="410" /></span></b></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Unfortunately no one recognised
Sukrajji as a treasure trove of flora and fauna of Uttara Kannada . Her
stories, songs, proverbs, anecdotes related to plant wisdom is nowhere
documented. Her interpretations about the tribe and the origins are not
documented. Her version of Ramayana and Mahabharata was never heard.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">With her age her voice is slowly
deteriorating. She is not able to recall her lost songs and stories like
earlier. Slowly the wisdom of this tribe of this region is fade away with the
time and Sukrajji’s shaky voice will say what we really lost.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">Monsoon season in Angadibail
western Ghats forest, I was sitting and watching the paddy fields<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">It’s the month of August 2016.
Eshwarnna, Raagu and Manju were adding mulch to the coconut trees along the stream. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">I saw Ehwarnna coming to me
holding something in his hand “<i>akka! ನೆಲ ಅಗಿಯುವಾಗ ಎರಡು ಮಣ್ಣ್ ಕಾಯಿ ಸಿಕ್ತು ನೋಡಿ "</i>(<i>akka!</i>
I got this mud balls /mud fruit while digging). <span> </span>I was surprised to see two perfect round
shaped mud balls of tennis ball size ..the other one was little smaller to
compare the first one <span> </span>.It was harder too. It
looked like someone carefully hidden this balls under the soil. <span> </span>“Why it is called <i>mankaayi</i>? when it was
just a ball of mud? I asked him . (<i>Mannu ಮಣ್ಣು </i>menas soil <i>kaayi ಕಾಯಿ </i>means
fruit -Mud fruit)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">Eshwaranna told these are not
just mud balls it has medicinal value too and villagers know about it .<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span> </span>Eshwarnna recalls the things his mother told
him about the <i>Mann kaayi</i>. To prevent children from eating mud, -(a kind
of eating disorder)this was used as a medicine. <span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">Eshwarnna also explained how to
use this .To prepare this medicine take <span> </span>half spoon of <i>sanna menasina kaayi</i> ಸಣ್ಣ ಮೆಣಸಿನ ಕಾಯಿ water on a flat grinding stone.(san mensin kaaayi is a tiny chilly which grows
in western ghat region ) Take mudball and roll/rub it in circular motion over
the stone with this spicy water until you get a paste like texture on the
grinding stone. Scoop it with your index finger and let the child who has got
this eating disorder lick it on the tongue. The child will stop eating mud!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">I was fascinated with mud balls
and took a photo and stored them away in a cupboard hoping for to meet a child
who eats mud.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">A year later, I got them out to
show it to my interns- Haritha and Meghana who were documenting local wisdom of
this region. Surprisingly, the mud balls have holes over them and the surface was
not smooth anymore. It looked like some insect nibbled the entire surface of
the ball. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">We sat with Eshwarnna for a
discussion about the same. <span> </span>Eshwarnna had
no clue of how this balls were created .. He only knew the medicinal value of
this mud balls which his mother told him ..<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">I knew about dung beetles that make these
kind of balls with dung to feed on them but much smaller in size These balls
were bigger and made with mud and not with dung .So I ruled out it belongs to
dung beetle and I loved the story of it having a medicinal value which Eshwaranna
told <span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">Later I saw similar kind of
balls but much smaller in gersoppe forests. There were 4-5 dung beetles fighting
for one ball . Again, these were mud balls not dung balls <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span> </span>However i guessed these mud balls also belong
to dung beetles but i never knew why they make it . <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">Looking at the holes
we guessed it may be a breeding balls of dung beetles which would lay their
eggs inside this ball. The holes in this ball confirmed the </span><span lang="" style="background: rgb(252, 252, 252); color: #353834; font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">adult beetle broke through the hard-outer
layer of the ball.</span><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="background: rgb(252, 252, 252); color: #353834; font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">We decided to open it and see
what is inside this ball. Eshwarnna with his knife made perfect halves of it
..what we found ..the interior of the ball was stuffed with layers of black dried
coarse dung! Yes it was a dung ball coated with thick layer of mud and deceived
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">This is what the brood ball
represents to the larval dung beetle. Hatching from the egg inside each ball
the larve eats its way around the interior of the ball<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">Guessing wildly, </span><span lang="" style="color: #353834; font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">two “rolling” beetles, a male and a female, </span><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">must have rolled a
layer of dung with special medicinal herbs for its larva over which it must
have rolled mud for different nutrients. It became their brood ball. After
preparing the ball they rolled it until they found a soft soil. </span><span lang="" style="color: #353834; font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;">When they reached a soft spot in the soil, they buried
the ball and mate underground. After preparing the ball, the female laid eggs
inside the ball. left the eggs to hatch, with the larvae feeding on the dung.</span><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0xIcmtlTZCH28W1gKePjoNLSx2_MKZE05fwb2o-KJ-owOyDam8dNrdGRKx0kgdM3iGZtcbxhpx__GK-Zs0_ffzL7N6q2BWa2xRROSROpdRI8oJ3YmJI6olHJyjJG9aBQ6kBq17GVxloD/s4000/mude+balls+%252814%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0xIcmtlTZCH28W1gKePjoNLSx2_MKZE05fwb2o-KJ-owOyDam8dNrdGRKx0kgdM3iGZtcbxhpx__GK-Zs0_ffzL7N6q2BWa2xRROSROpdRI8oJ3YmJI6olHJyjJG9aBQ6kBq17GVxloD/s320/mude+balls+%252814%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="" style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif;"><span> </span><span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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outside layer of the brood ball hardens once buried forming a protective layer
for grub. The inside layer remains moister and a food source for grub. When the
grub metamorphoses into adult .it breaks through the hard -outer layer of the ball </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was the month of July, Heavy monsoon time in the Western Ghat forests. Eshwaranna was busy in preparing paddy field with 2 more workers in our Angadibail forest . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was watching them from the distance . I saw Eshwaranna coming towards me holding something in his hand. It looked like a lump of sticky soil in his hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He showed me this damp moist soil and asked me to see closely "<span style="font-size: x-small;">ಅಕ್ಕ ನೋಡಿ ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ದಿಕ್ ಬಳ್ಳಿ ಅಂತಾರೆ </span> - " akka ! see it is called dhik balli."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eshwaranna told me if anyone crossed over this <i>balli</i> / thread / creeper knowingly or unknowingly they will forget their way home. This was true for cows also. He said it is common in the village if someone loses his way home while coming from the western ghat thick forests they tell that person that you must have crossed the dik balli. He was trying to convince me how powerful it is by telling me "while coming from our other mud house to here - to this house (2km distance ) I would lose my way and get confused if I crossed this <i>balli"</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes! it was alive. It was slowly tangling and entangling it self for hours. I felt as though it was moving nowhere. It was clueless, there was no direction whereas it was named as 'direction!'. May be people also got lost like this creature when they cross over it... becoming clueless...and i was observing it with astonishment . Esharanna said it will die if soil looses its moisture. I asked him to leave it where he found it from. I wondered what kind of wormy thread like creature it must be. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #433c3a; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">It was extremely long and thread-like. It was 15 to 20 cm . The body diameter is about the width of a very thin pencil lead or a thread like . It was white in color, and frequently twisted and coiled like a discarded thread. It looked little lifeless when the moisture was drying on that lump of soil .It was directionless meaning it was going nowhere. But it has a name -ದಿಕ್ ಬಳ್ಳಿ (the rope/a creeper which shows you direction ) and if you cross over this creature you will lose your direction </span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Two girls from Mount Carmel College,Bangalore - Harita and Meghana! One is known to BuDa for many years and the other was experiencing the tough life fresh.They stayed in Angadibail forest for thirty days without internet, without electricity without shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste ,without fan far away from comfort zone.Went back home grown ,stronger, and changed .Angadibail forest..Beera ,Rangi (you named her !) and Eshwaranna are going to miss you girls. Thankyou ! We also thank Advithi who supported you with your project in the forest -BuDa team </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I go back home GROWN, STRONGER
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Taking memories<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">WILL BE BACK SOON…..<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We both believe the poem is not enough to
describe the internship in Angadibail. Probably it is just 0.01pc of our
adventurous experience there. For us city girls, the time there we had was a
blessing- away from home, packed off in and around the small house amidst the
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While we woke up to screaming alarm clocks here in
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medicinal plants of Angadibail’. That we would say was just less than half of
the things we did there. From enjoying every meal to learning the value of
food- we learnt it all. The ride was super bumpy filled with lots and lots of
new things that we learnt. Realizing the forest has treasures at each step we
take, understanding the medicinal value of ‘weeds’, listening to calls of
various animals to going to have a hot water bath every night after a long
day’s work- the experiences have made us more stronger, responsible, confident,
humble, calmer and most importantly turned us into fighters- we are ready now
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A trip that reminded me about what are the basic necessities and how we take some of the luxuries for granted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Grinding in millstone instead of a mixer in case of no electricity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are pros and cons for everything. Finding a balance is key. Asking young men and women in villages not to go to cities is not fair, they too should get a chance to taste economic freedom and luxury and different cultures but not at the cost of forgetting the roots like what has happened to a lot of us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks, team Buda folklore for giving me a heartwarming and eye-opening experience!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks, Sumeru for insisting I go. Thanks to Sara for introducing all of us to BuDa folklore and Savitha akka.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks, Vinay and Mihir for making this happen and enjoying this as much ( or more)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks, Savitha akka for such a wonderful idea to give us this exposure and experience. May your organization grow and have a wide reach!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks, Shanti amma for your passion to learn, document and share local and folk traditions, stories, recipes, medicines.. the list is endless...!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">This waste bundle is called '</span><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Maari hore"</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> (ಮಾರಿ ಹೊರೆ )in Kannada.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> <i>'Maari'</i> is the folk Goddess/Deity of misfortunes and epidemics diseases.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.12px;">, who is worshiped to seek her blessings for prevention of diseases like smallpox, cholera, plague and also natural calamities. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The word ‘Maari’ refers to contagious diseases in Kannada. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">It appears that originally the concept of Maari worship was conceived to drive out epidemic diseases.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The symbolic extradition of Maari, the epidemics, still prevalent along the Western Ghats and coasts of Karnataka. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The villagers of the next village used to carry the disposals on their head after conducting Poojas (ಉಡಿ ) extradite the idol and the bundles to the outskirts of their village. And this chain continues along with the villages until the bundle reaches the sea or a river </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.12px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">No festivals are celebrated by the village in which</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Gadimaari</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">is placed. While lifting the garbage (</span><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">maari</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">), salt packets offered to get rid of minor diseases and piled up by devotees around the year are also cleared. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">She is also known <i>adugoolajji</i> (ಅಡುಗೂಲಜ್ಜಿ )or <i>gadi maari (ಗಡಿಮಾರಿ)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 17.12px;">Gadi Maari</span></i><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"> is always kept at the boundary of the village (<i>Gadi </i>means boundary and <i>maari</i> is the goddess of the epidemic ) <o:p></o:p></span><span style="background-color: white;">As time passes the village grows beyond the border but the tradition retains the jurisdiction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="background: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">The entire dump is called <i>maari hore. </i></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="background: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Interestingly earlier these garbage bundles (<i>maari hore</i>) contained all eco-friendly discarded broken household items. Mostly it contained broken woven cane baskets, broken woven cane cradles,</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">rice winnowing flat basket) </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">brooms, broken earthen pots, waste cloths and loads of salt packets .. Deities also offered coins, green bangles, coconut as <i>UDI</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="background: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Recent <i>maarihore </i>contains mostly plastic waste ..</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="background: white;">Recently vehicles are hired to lift the Maarihore when<i> it reaches to the towns and</i> they describe the reason that <i>Maarihore becomes</i> a huge pile when it is almost reaching its destination.</span></span><br />
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As an attempt to keep my feet off my home city of Delhi and close to the nature, I found myself Wooffing in the lush hues of green and brown and yellow in the Angadibail Forest of Uttar Kannada. With birds chirping through a silence so subtle, a local lady helped me to the Angadibail home of Buda Folklore where I was to volunteer for their upcoming Kokum Harvest Festival. And Kokum did I harvest, climbing those slender trees like my pre-evolution monkeys. Big red fruits, some sweet, some sour all from trees to baskets to the processing units that were men and ladies and kids; separating the peel, juicing the pulp, collecting the seeds, all in all where nothing goes to waste.</div>
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“Come with an open mind and you shall find the learning you are looking for,” said Dr. Savita Uday or Savitakki, as I like to call her, when I expressed my desire to work at her farm a few weeks into April. And learning did I receive, learning packed with laughter; with stories and skills from the native Halakki and Siddi tribes; with dance and healthy food; good bamboo music to suit every taste and butterflies flying in my face.</div>
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The first morning of the festival was Savitakki waking us girls with her musical “hey girls, we need some help”. The previous night, Harita and I had retired to one of the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Machans, </em>where this wonderful platform under a Fig tree became our bed under the starry forest night. With this began a day of the festival days where I was entrusted with the morning herbal tea for the Buda community while the new friends Harita and Atmeeya sang along taking turns sweeping and mopping.</div>
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Kokum, which until now was only an appetizing squash for me, turns out, is an all rounder fruit finding its uses in medicines and cosmetics too. While on one hand we got to relish the refreshing cardamom flavored Kokum <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sherbat </em>and spicy Kokum rassam, on the other we had our lovely Gopi akka (a Siddi) let us grind boiled Kokum seeds from the year before. The de-husked and ground seeds were later boiled to make kokum butter, a very important ingredient in Atmeeya’s organic soaps. And these soaps I can swear by them to trash all my Nivea and Dove products, for they moisturize as they bathe, and their scents are meant to waft off you throughout the day.</div>
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Riding through the bumpy forest on a Bolero Pickup we’d go to harvest a lot of the day. With Eeshwaranna, the arms of Buda, climbing the topmost branches, it literally rained Kokums. But to Savitakki’s expectations, this year’s was a scant produce with Kokum barely ripening, growing to the size of green apples even. All thanks to the climate change.</div>
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The baskets filled with the fruit nevertheless had our hands full and separating the fruit parts where the good peels went into making fruit preserve and not so good to dry in the sun. The seeds were to be under the sun too till they became dry enough for butter making. So yeah, nothing went to waste, not even the stem heads for they too found their place in the soil under the banana trees.</div>
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While Kokum harvesting and processing marked the lengths of our days, the afternoons relaxed into lazy naps and board games that Advitee had hand stitched into beautiful cloth patterns. The evenings had Anvay and I walk to meet the neighbors and bring home another round of milk, sharing our set philosophies and debating over worldly politics on the way. We’d come back to find the Buda community engaged in making baskets out of tree vines, or crowns out of mango leaves.</div>
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One of these evenings, to my pleasure, turned out to be a Siddi dance lesson where Raghavendra and Mahabaleshwar anna sang and performed their native Konkani songs ‘Muiyan cha Kottaw’ and ‘Miya Gailo Mumbaik’. The <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Dholak </em>that they played to set the beat right had us all dance our souls out with the wildest expressions brimming off our faces. Prabodha who turned out to be the best performer, rolling on the floor even, had Padmavati Akka laugh her heart out. And Padmavati Akka, what a brilliant storyteller she is!</div>
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A Halakki granny, Padmavati Akka in her blouse-less wraparound of a <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">saree</em> and yellow and black and white beads trailing around her neck, one night sat with her lantern lit face under the starlit sky. She took the stage which was to later become our bed, walking us through the stories of ‘Vakkal Gowda’ and ‘Devvad Kathe’. To the least knowledge of Kannada that I have, Padmavati akka’s expression and gestures became a resting reliance. Such a performer, I swear! I have never seen anyone enjoy their own act so much. She just couldn’t stop laughing while telling us Devvad Kathe, this funny fable about a son’s dance with the demons. While Harita’s translation helped us understand what was being told, a bigger thanks goes to the performance itself for it had no language barring the flow.</div>
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To relish the native flavors, we had homely meals of beaten red rice, new rassams every night and curry mixes and <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">sabzis </em>with a dessert of <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Kadabu </em>or ragi barfis to top with. Thanks to Soumya akka for all her kitchen wonders of taste and aroma and Uday uncle for his score of pickles and chutneys. That Lemon and Chilly Pickle stood out to be my personal favorite.</div>
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Burping our guts to relive the tastes we edged towards the nights which had us race or call dibs on any of the two <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Machaans. </em>Some would peacefully settle for the attic and Veranda or they’d settle for the platform under the sky. And under the sky did I sleep for most of the nights, sometimes confusing fireflies for shooting stars, on others fireflies for predator's eyes.</div>
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The diversity of cultures, energies and philosophies that the festival brought together wafted in the breeze of the Angdibail Forest through the day. While it taught me everything from the values of the beloved fruit to the lost art of basket weaving and all the dancing and singing that came with it, it incited in me an inclination towards working in a community. No meal can taste better than the one that is touched by the hands of all the people who are later going to eat it. Such solidarity and harmony seems lost in the home city with cellphones taking space on the dining tables and with one or two designated members of the family arranging the food for all. Here, with no connectivity with the outside world, a diverse lot of like minded people came together, and singing the best of Rafi and Kishore, cooked for one another. This for me was the best family I’ve ever been a part of.</div>
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The farmhouse of Angdibail – its comfortable attic and homely kitchen; the dining area with a view of the farm and ‘Moti Gudda’ in the distance; the pets, Beera and Bella; and the constant chimes of everything that decorated it – had through the week-long festival seen a worldly share of ideas and appetite. From experimenting with Kokum’s culinary abilities, to dancing with the Siddis; night walks in the forest and predicting rain, we all ecstatically edged towards the end of the festival. And soon, with the participants leaving, the days of the festival that had the forest echo with laughter and joy ascended to the music of the chirps and rustles of the forest, once again.</div>
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And so came the last night of the calm and it brought with it light drizzles which had all who remained running around to save the produce from the year’s harvest and processing. Marking a brilliant end to the bustle in the calm, the rain went away soon after. And soon after came the moon lurking out of the skies and it lulled the forest good night.<br />
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Diversity is what attracts me and one of my interests has been plants and food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My curiosity increased when I came across people mentioning a lot about the uses of uncultivated plants/weeds during our farming module at Bhoomi college. I had seen my mom and grand-mom using some uncultivated plants for cooking and over time I had moved away from my hometown and noticed that I was forgetting whatever little bit I knew about these weeds. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So, when we were given two months of internship time at Bhoomi College I couldn’t stop myself from looking out for places where I could learn about these weeds, visit different places and meet new people. That is how I spoke to Dr.Savitha Uday (we fondly call her Savitakka), founder of BuDa Folklore and landed up at BuDa Folkore spending half the time at Honnavara and the other half at Angadibail during my internship period. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">After my college days, it was the first time for me to go alone leaving behind family and friends for one and half months due to which I was a bit skeptical as to how my internship would pan out. But as soon as I reached BuDa at Honnavara I met Shanthi Nayak( we fondly call her Shantiamma), Savithakka’s mother who is a walking encyclopedia extremely passionate about her work.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Soumyakka (one of the integral members of BuDa, manages almost everything @BuDa) informed me to get ready quickly to join the river route trek, which is part of the study tour conducted for school kids by BuDa. I did not know how to react when she showed my room which was next to an in-house museum. Too many exciting moments in a short time. After making a silent promise of coming back and seeing the museum properly I left for the river route with Atmeeya whom I can call as an ecologist because of the amount of knowledge he has regarding the environment, wildlife, and many others. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">This river route was basically a trail along the river Sharavathi almost from her source to destination exploring the nature, history, livelihoods of people on the way. It was a great learning experience for me as I got to see quite a few interesting plants while walking along the farms where paddy was just harvested. Small-scale Sand Mining using just a long stick and a bucket mechanism was done near a place where we camped. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"></span> Got to know the method of preparing ropes from coconut coir. Coconuts were soaked in water for at least nine months in large pits which is dug during low tide. After which the shell becomes very soft and the fibers are cleaned, beaten, dried and ropes are formed using a spinning wheel. Rope obtained after this process just fetches around Rs5-10 per meter. And I could see how this art of rope making is slowly losing its importance because of plastics.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Waking up to the call of Malabar whistling thrush, spending some time with Beera (pet dog) and Bella & Thuppa(two cats) and sleeping hearing to the sounds of insects, Beera's growling, cats jumping became a routine in Angadibail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Preparing herbal tea and different flavors of ragi drink became my responsibility.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Got to know few lovely and talented people like Ishwaranna who takes care of almost everything at AngadiBail, Kafeel.. a traveler who has been in Angadibail for almost 8 months, GauriAkka and BabyAkka who braved to cook food on firewood regularly without whom we wouldn’t have got yummy food.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Study tours turned out to be a great exploration for me where I witnessed many things for the first time. Interacting with school children, getting to know about quite a few birds and seeing so many colorful dragonflies, learning damami dance of siddhis, setting up the vegetable patch, learning basket weaving from Ishwaranna which is made using vines, mud brick making, hiking to Yaana and Vibuthi falls which I wanted to visit for so many years, harvesting paddy which I gave up after an hour of working in the hot sun, deskinning arecanut which I had seen at my grandmom’s place but had never tried are few of them.</span></div>
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BuDa is creating awareness about these livelihoods among the kids, trying to bring back respect to the talent these master craftsmen possess which will help in reviving the art someday. I had the chance to interact with three groups of students of different age groups and realized how we change as we grow, how various filters and lenses automatically come in. It was interesting to observe the behaviour of children of different age groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was amazed by the kind of energy kids had throughout the day, their innocence and curiosity, asking or demanding for things without fear, finding ways to have fun and of course finding new ways to bug us.</div>
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I was cut off from the external world as there was no electricity and no network apart from a single BSNL mobile that was used by everyone. I realized how this whole concept of connecting with people through modern ways of communication is reducing the quality time we have, as in Angadibail I could feel time expanding and the amount of distraction was so less which made us focus on things to be done result of which the need for hurrying reduced. I visited few neighbor’s house to learn about plants and recipes and could notice instant warmth, none of them gave a second thought to invite me home even though I was a total stranger.</div>
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One more thing I noticed was how trust plays a major role in boosting one’s confidence and even allows the freedom to experiment. This I realized when Savithakka gave me the task of making AkkiRottis/Ukkarisidha rotti. I was so touched with the outcome as many people joined hands in the preparing rottis and on the last day even few kids joined in.<br />
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The other half of my internship was spent in Honnavara. I am fortunate to have got the opportunity to spend time with Shanthiamma and Savithakka’s father Dr.N.R Nayak who have worked for more than three decades in researching and documenting folklore knowledge of Uttara Kannada region. I was amazed looking at the energy levels of both and it helped me find out how much I was lagging. I cherish spending time watching sunrise daily overlooking sharavathi river joining the sea and the short-spanned interactions I had with Savithakka’s father. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span> <span lang="EN-US">Shantiamma’s knowledge about plants is never ending and it keeps expanding even to this day. The way she used to notice all the small nuances in plants which she used to explain with so much interest was a treat to watch. Every day was a learning for me. We used to speak about recipes, medicinal values, uses of different plants and quick home remedies when we used cook and eat together. I got to see and learn about lot of plants present in the house garden which is almost like a mini forest. Anyone who speaks to Shantiamma can literally feel that nature is so abundant. Shantiamma has documented so many traditional recipes and there is a separate book on Tambuli (buttermilk/coconut milk-based drink) which is a large collection of recipes of varieties of Tambuli. I even got an exposure to the variety of tubers present. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It was fascinating to know interesting facts about plants for example Haade Balli from which jelly could be prepared, Jummana Mara whose bark looked like crocodile skin, varieties of Cassava, sea bean which comes with an interesting history and so on.. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was surprising to see that information about most of the weeds are already available on the internet, all one needs to know is the botanical name and we get to know the entire use with business value.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In the end we all had become like a family and I am very grateful to eah and everyone helping me learn and ponder over <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>various things during my internship which of course will be remembered for a lifetime. All Savithakka had asked me was to come with an open mind and I realised its importance when I sit and look back now. Hoping to visit BuDa soon.</div>
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Vivid colours to feed the <b><i>sight</i></b>: from tiny individual leaves
and flowers, to the immense landscape of tall trees and vast fields.</span></span><br />
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No horns or tires screeching against the asphalt can reach you, but don’t
expect the forest to be silent. The <b><i>hearing</i></b> is filled with a harmonious
symphony of bird calls, gushing water, rolling winds, and crackling fires. Instead of a modern stereo, the music emanates
from the Siddi rhythms of goat-skin drums, forgotten tools humming in the
kitchen, the animated voice in which Padmavati narrates her folk stories.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
The<b><i> taste</i></b> buds are excited by flavours of authentic recipes of Uttara Kannada,
that allow us to taste the love in the food – imparting us an extraordinary
energy to trek and walk on and on. The difference in taste is apparent from
early morning – not waking up with the chemical toothpaste we are accustomed
to, but with the taste of freshly powdered herbs, like cloves and dried guava
leaves, using a natural tooth powder.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
All your<b><i> tactile senses </i></b>are regenerated from the powerful energy of the forest. Walking on the uneven
earth, our barefoot soles sense rough rocks and smooth pebbles, the cool water of
the stream, forest steps carved from tree roots, sometimes, sharp thorns.. Feeling
from the ground up, our souls are freed from the urban comforts.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
New <b><i>smells</i></b> continuously wafting through – freshly harvested black pepper, sweet
Mahua flowers, smouldering charcoal, and even fertilising cow dung. At BuDa,
the freedom can be smelled.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
Our fingers learn to make crafts out of natural things and learn to stitch new
realities. As Naghul noted, “many things can be used for more than their
purpose” when some of the boys fashioned ladles out of coconut shells. The
group learnt how creepers they cut down from the forest could be woven into
baskets, mango and jackfruit leaves could create crowns and craft jewellery, and
bricks could be moulded from the right combination of mud, water, and cow dung.</span></span><br />
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Ishvar Anna inventing innovative designs<br />
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Compressing the mud bricks into their moulds<br />
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"I realized the life is like a trek. While going up it is like difficulty in your life, you learn how survive. Once you are done with it you will not struggle that much as the flat land come and you walk through it. When you are done with the flat land the real joy comes, the sloping, slanting path, the down hill. it is your real life, it is depend upon you if you want to enjoy or not" (Nandini)</div>
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Halakki Story Telling by Padmavati Akka<br />
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"I learnt that to communicate language and the use of words is not necessary and that a lot can be conveyed through expressions and actions." (Rishi)<br />
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"I feel that this kind of living is only life. Just merging with Nature. I don't understand what more we need in our life. This has really touched me" (Sujith)<br />
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Peeling areca nuts at the neighbour's home, waiting for the lunar eclipse<br />
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"The natural heritage around Angadibail is stunning and we had the chance to swim under a waterfall" (Laura)<br />
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"At beginning the water was so cold that makes my skin burn. I slowly put my legs in the water, small fish and tadpoles came. Then I stood there for an entire hour without realizing time" (Vivek)<br />
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Energising Siddi Dance<br />
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On the last day, the roles in the kitchen were reversed as the children took charge of preparing the meal for all the Akkas and Annas from BuDa and Paathashala. From shopping in the local vegetable market, to stoking the fires.. Anirudh captures it well in his words: "One of the most memorable moments for me was when I cooked food along with my peers and when the people tasted and they really liked it."</div>
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To wrap it all up, in the words of Hamsa Akka: "The week has been like travelling along a gentle river with long forgotten friends; comfortable, relaxing and exciting. One feels the need to revisit these days. There is no melancholy or sadness that the trip has ended. It seems more like a beginning of good things."</div>
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the training is to empower educators to teach about freshwater biodiversity and
its conservation that can be practiced with their local audience in the Western
Ghats area and to demonstrate innovative teaching and learning techniques
designed to change human behaviour for the better.</span></div>
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Sahyadri Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation by ZOO Outreach,
Coimbatore<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>was </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">held
on 20<sup>th</sup> of November 2013 at Honnavar located in the Western Ghats
region of Karnataka. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">The overall objective of the training was to impart knowledge
about the status of the<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><i>Sahyādri</i><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Freshwater Biodiversity and to bring
about attitudinal change among students, locals and other target groups towards
conservation of the species. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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in Honnavar in the Uttara Kannada region.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"> The team at buDa folklore has their roots in
education, anthropology and community development. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;">Apart
from inviting participants personally, the workshop was also advertised in
local newspapers and therefore participants </span>hailed from various
background <span style="margin: 0px;">including </span>social
workers, environmentalists, lecturers, students, researchers, etc belonging to
an age group of 20 – 60 years.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">The workshop was lead by Dr. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">B.A. Daniel of Zoo Outreach assited by Ms. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Abhisheka
Krishnagopal, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Karnataka State
focal point for<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"> programme</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"> </span></div>
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an informal inaugural session and introductions. The workshop began by
introducing participants to the assessment tools. This was followed by various
activities and discussion and covered topics such as facts about Western Ghats,
geography, freshwater types, water footprints, kingdoms of life, Freshwater flora
and fauna, Species status, threats and conservation and so on. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">The
participants were quite aware of their surroundings and the local biodiversity.
They all shared their knowledge about the local aquatic fauna and interacted
well with the resource people. They expressed concerns about invasive species
and river pollution caused by the <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>use of
pesticides and chemical fertilizers. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Though few female teachers were hesitant to participate in the drawing
activity <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>and the social workers shied away
from displaying their art work, the group was very active and highly
appreciative of the workshop. Post lunch more participants joined the workshop as
they heard positive feedback from the existing participants.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Towards the end of the workshop participants
gave their feed back in writing as well as orally and one of the participants
even composed a poem on spot. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Workshop
ended with participants committing to spread the message of Freshwater
Biodiversity. All participants were issued certificates and a manual along with
educational packets with masks booklet, placard and posters on fishes and
Odonates of the Western Ghats.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Though it was a successful workshop, one day workshop was too short for
the participants to get familiar with each other and break the ice. As a result
of which few female social workers and young teachers did not express
themselves in front of elders. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On a grade eleven school trip, as I lugged
a basket of leaf litter refusing help and inviting everyone’s ire, I knew that
I would come back. And I did. This time, as an intern who was assigned the job
of documenting traditional bath and cleaning products used in and around
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With the cliched wind in my hair, I stood
at the back of a pick-up truck as we (Savita Akka, <i>her son</i>, <i>the cyclist</i> and
I) reached the forest centre in Angadibail. I quickly got introduced to
comfortable forest living, but took longer to get to know the people that I
lived with. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At some point in the first week, <i>Savita Akka’s son </i>became Atmeeya, the crazy botanist who would walk
through the forest and spew ridiculous scientific names of the green things
that he came across. Most of our conversations would be about birds, snakes and
scientific names and how he was incapable of making the truth sound true. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Somewhere between building walls out of
palm leaves and learning to light lanterns, <i>the
cyclist </i>morphed into Sailesh. Sailesh, the one I ended up writing an
article about. From this architect-who-does-a-lot-of-other-things, I decided to
learn as much as I could. From fitness lessons – that I am yet to start – to
building a fire and navigation skills, I went to him with questions and he
delighted me with answers.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Eshwar Anna, the house-keeper with a fan
following, was another bundle of knowledge and skills. As he went about doing
in seconds whatever I was struggling to do, I could not help but stop and
marvel at this simple man. And by now, everyone in my city knows about his
delicious Red-Rice Idlis.</span></span><br />
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realize my intense love for Idli, Bella (jaggery) and Thuppa (ghee) - the Holy
Trinity, the <i>Tirumurti</i> of forest
food. Food cooked over firewood also has an irresistible smoked flavour. Jackfruit,
jackfruit chips, jackfruit <i>happalam</i>,
jackfruit idli and deliciousness aside, forest food is also about other things.
I realized this as I stood over the firewood stove and kept stirring a mass of
leaves, waiting for it to look edible. With coconut involved in every dish, I
was also able to push myself out of my dislike for coconut, to a gratifying
extent.</span></span><br />
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rid of concerned snakes. The case was neither helped by four snake sightings on
a particularly nice and sunny day nor by Atmeeya’s delighted declaration that a
rat snake had been living in the house for a long time and shall continue to do
so. The night of the four sightings had me waking up every few hours and
checking the roof for the beloved rat snake. However, all was not in vain. I
learnt a lot about the different types and ways of snakes as I braved through
the well-illustrated Snake Bible. I now know more about India’s Big Four snakes
and how they like to kill people than about India’s freedom struggle.</span></span><br />
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I fed cows, planted sugarcane, irrigated the field, cooked on firewood, made
forest jewellery, learnt the Kannada alphabet, played cards and managed to sit
back and relax. While each was an experience, planting sugarcane was a
revelation. It was after I was done that I realized how focussed I had been on
the task at hand. Experiencing single-minded focus of that kind was truly
refreshing. Over the next few days, I experienced it again with making forest
jewellery and then with reading books. Reading in Angadibail is a combined
feeling of drowning and levitating. With no electricity or network coverage, I
felt myself drown in the world of the book and levitate in my imagination.</span></span><br />
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Forest Centre is extremely nourishing. As my overactive mind slowed down and
the farce of multitasking broke, I began thinking, learning, doing and being in
the true sense. While I can hope to put into words my interaction with the
people at BuDa, I do not dare to try the same with the bond that I shared with
the animals there. It was immensely rich and natural.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Amidst all this, I spent a few hours
visiting villagers and documenting traditional cleaning products. With Savita
Akka accompanying me for translation and local knowledge, I furiously took
notes and had fun code breaking Kannada. We would be welcomed with warmth and
sent back with bags and arms full of fruits, roots, saplings and relics. While
learning that cow dung had been used in skin care certainly surprised me, I was
more impressed by the lack of waste generation. Be it processing soap nut or
kajal preparation, final product provided nourishment to the skin and the
residue provided nourishment to the earth. Attempting some recipes, I enjoyed
getting everyone to try out the ‘instant’ natural shampoo that I had prepared
and feigned disappointment when the traditional way of preparing kajal refused
to predict the gender of my future baby, as promised by local custom.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At the end of two gratifying weeks, Savita
Akka declared that I needed an adventure and sent me packing to Gokarna (which
is another engaging story). Thirty months ago, I had dumped a pile of leaf
litter and grinned at Savita Akka. She had been amused. This time around,
returning from Gokarna late at night, I grinned again at Savita Akka. And she
grinned back.</span></span></div>
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Savita Udayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05772836731350506934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739135046523306035.post-52253636638570816502017-07-29T22:49:00.000-07:002017-07-30T00:51:41.483-07:00Anga Sanskara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: Anga Sanskara (Kannada)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Dr. Savita Nayak</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Following are parts of Dr. Savita Nayak’s doctoral dissertation - Anga-Samskara - translated into English by Meena <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;">Chockalingam </span> who had interned with BuDa Folklore .</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This process was used only in the winter. Water is added to grated coconut and cooked in a big vessel. This is constantly stirred until aroma wafts, to prevent the mixture from getting burnt. This is then taken off the heat, covered and left overnight. Early next morning, the mixture is ground, adding water gradually. Once it becomes a paste, more water is added. Coconut butter floats and is gathered in a ball. This is transferred to another container and heated until the bubbles die and aroma wafts. This method is similar to the process of making ghee from butter.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oil was prepared all through the year using this method. Grated coconut is cooked and left overnight. This is ground in the morning and coconut milk is extracted. The extracted milk is boiled in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nayyadha Bangala </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(a traditional flat, broad earthen vessel) for nearly an hour. Once oil starts floating, a coconut shell (with a hole at the bottom) is immersed into the boiling liquid and held with the hole underneath the oil layer. As the coconut milk fills the shell up, it is removed with a spoon as much as possible. The remaining coconut oil is boiled until the leftover coconut milk vaporizes and a clear, transparent liquid is left.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suragi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">/</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Honne </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Calophyllum inophyllum</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) tree is a mangrove tree that grows along the sea shore. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Honne</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> oil was used in the past to light </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">diya</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">s (clay lamps). Children were usually sent to collect these berries from the sea shore. To prepare oil, the collected berries are sun-dried. The outer-shell is broken and the soft kernel is gathered. The kernel is then pound with a stone. The pound kernel is roasted (dry) on a pan until aroma wafts from it. This is then ground (with water) to paste and the paste is boiled until oil starts floating.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The tender leaves of fragrant and/or medicinal flowers like jasmine, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">kanakambara</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Crossandra</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">infundibuliformis</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">jaathi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">malli</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jasminum</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">auriculatum</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) are ground (with water) to a fine paste and mixed with coconut oil to produce tender herb oil.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Champa/</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sampigge (Michelia champaca</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oil</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although no one remembered the preparation of this oil during the field study, it finds mention in Tribal Mahabharata - </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gamakkalu Mahabharata</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turmeric is grown in the backyards. Of late, there is an increasing trend of buying it from the market. To make oil, turmeric stems are broken into smaller pieces and sun-dried. It is then powdered using the traditional dry stone grinder. Alternately, fresh turmeric is ground in a traditional wet stone grinder (adding water gradually) to a fine, smooth paste. The turmeric powder or paste is added to a little coconut oil to prepare turmeric oil. While the powder could be stored (usually in a coconut shell with a small opening) to be used later, the paste was used the same day to make oil, as it cannot be stored.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suragi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">/</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Honne</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> oil and turmeric oil were used only for nursing mothers. As an exception, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Honne </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">oil was applied on babies that cry persistently or babies that had very thin and delicate skin protecting the head as it is supposed to have medicinal properties.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tender herb oil was usually used for brides and grooms. It was occasionally mixed with turmeric oil and used for the same purpose. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Only coconut oil was used by the others. Moreover, coconut oil is the only oil used in hair care. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For children, coconut oil was applied at least twice a day - usually early in the morning and in the afternoon. It was also applied after a bath.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Women used coconut oil as cold cream. Glistening skin was considered beautiful. When they attended weddings, they applied coconut oil on their palm and rubbed it on the face, hands and feet.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In their literature, they talk about the use of castor oil (for cooling) and gingelly (sesame/</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">til</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) oil (for fragrance) in hair care.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Kare Okkalu tribe followed the ritual of applying oil on the scalp of visitors when they entered the house.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Twigs of mango, cashew and jatropha were used as toothbrushes. Jatropha was used in tribes as it was easily available (it was used for making fences). The stem of Jatropha is soft and juicy and was chewed on to make bristles for brushing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paddy husk was burnt and the powdered ash was stored and used as tooth powder. For immediate use, soft charcoal from the fireplace was chewed on and rubbed on the teeth with the index finger. The soot from blackened earthen pots was also used similarly. A mixture of ash and salt has also been used as tooth powder.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The leaves of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bootali</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, jasmine, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gamm Tulsi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; 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font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">infundibuliformis</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ), Hibiscus, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Basale</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Basella alba</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tulsi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Holy Basil) are skin-nourishing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gamma</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tulsi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vana Tulsi – Ocimum gratissimum</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) is also known as </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kana Tulsi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The leaves have pointed ends and the flower stalks resemble that of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kama Kasturi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Becken </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">leaves bear a strong smell.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To make the extract, one or two of the above mentioned herbs are crushed (with water) by hand and poured into a coconut shell or a container. The extract was used for a bath to remove dirt and grime. This was used for the first bath of a child and is used once in a month thenceforth.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Women used the leaves of Hibiscus to wash hair.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In particular, the leaves of white and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">kathiri</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Hibiscus are good for hair.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">·</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From fruits and berries</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whenever one visited the forest,a basket of s</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hikakai</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> , soap nuts and sea beans (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entada rheedii</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) was brought home. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shikakai</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> shrubs were found deep in the forest and the forest department banned its use.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shikakai</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and soapnut were sun dried and pounded. The powder was sieved through a thin cotton sari and stored. The Kare Okkalu tribe stored it in a bamboo container while the Halakki tribe stored it in a (whole) coconut shell with a small opening.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Gamakola Mahabharath by Dr. N.R. Nayak (Page: 147), it is mentioned that Subhadra used a kind of fragrant powder called </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">kammana kari</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ( </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">kari</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> = dried leaf) along with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">shikakai</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> powder for her hair. The local people were unaware of what this powder could be. We speculate that it could be the powder of some fragrant leaf.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kanabe kai or sea beans (Kanabe = lock ; the seed looks like a lock):</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The creeper grows deep in the forest and has a giant pod that contains four to five seeds. In the monsoons, these pods travel to the river and are carried to the sea. The sea based Halakki tribe uses the seed. The outer shell is broken and the soft inner part is ground with water. The resulting mixture is used to wash hair.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Kare Okkale tribe, who live deep in the forest, call the creeper Kanabe balli. They take a part of the creeper, pound it and soak it in water for more than an hour. This is used as a body wash cum scrub. The fibre is used as a scrub and is dipped in the soapy water to clean the body.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">·</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From grains</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While the grains were not used directly, the husk, the starch or the powder was used. As paddy was the staple crop, they were aware of its use for skin care.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Gomakkalu tribe applied Buffalo dung mixed with eggs (from hen) on infants before a bath. Other tribes used only buffalo dun for this purpose. A bit of cow’s urine was mixed with the bathwater.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Locally available herbs are used to prepare kohl. Leaves of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Basale</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Basella alba</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">), </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tulsi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Castor bean ( </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ricinus</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">communis</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">), </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thiruppu Dasala </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Twisted Hibiscus), White Hibiscus and Marigold are used.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Halaki tribe said that excessive use of Tulsi leaves in Kohl gives a pricking sensation in the eye. In Ankola, a broken piece of earthen pot is taken and a herb is rubbed on the inner side. Coconut oil is rubbed over this. On the outer side, buffalo dung is applied for its cooling properties. Three coconut shells are placed (to form a circle) facing the ground and the piece of earthen pot is placed on top of the shells, with the inner (concave) side facing the ground. This set-up is placed in a corner where it is not windy. A </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">diya</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (clay lamp) with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Surugi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> /</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Honne </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">oil and a cotton wick is placed in the centre of the coconut shells. In three hours, soot gets collected.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This was usually prepared for special occasions and when a woman was pregnant. It was said that she would have a female child if the soot was collected evenly and a male child if it was collected like a mound in the centre (like the male organ).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Honavar, the Halaki and Gamokalu tribes use a bronze dinner plate in place of the earthen piece and three drinking glasses instead of coconut shells. Moreover, the plate is placed with inner side facing the ceiling and is filled with a glass of water. The outer side (facing the ground) has coconut oil applied. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Surugi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">/</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Honne </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">oil is used for the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">diya</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and is left to burn out. Soot gets collected like a termite mound or a ball at the bottom of the page. It is taken out with a stick and stored.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Halaki tribe has also used </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kappina Tumbala </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to collect soot. This pan has three legs and is made by the potter. Red Hibiscus flower is rubbed and oil is applied. Red Hibiscus has cooling properties and the kohl made is said to cool eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"> (a pictorial recipe of traditional way of preparing Kokum Butter )</span> </h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Lets begin this blog with gratitude to forest and for giving us in abundance!</span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">She was our guiding star in the process of making the butter. Her expertise and patience is what we also learnt apart from the making of butter. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Meanwhile, as the seeds get roasted Akka was cleaning up the grinding stone. It helps with the removal of the previous mixture or stains and it is always good to clean up before you begin!</span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">“In the deep Mysteries of the world, their belong time, still unexplored and to be explored.” </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">― </span>Jerril Thomas Abraham</h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Pile the seeds into the little pit, it will be a little hot after roasting. Keep it that way!</span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Take a break while you need and continue to pound. Here is where you can share conversations, sing a song or two!</span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Grounding the seeds finely is the key. It makes it easier for the later stages. Make sure you feel the powdered seeds authentically generating a little moisture (which is the oil content)</span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Soon after you have finished pounding all the seeds, slowly add water.
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Start gathering the kokum butter paste with all its residue all in one place and then into a small vessel. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Add about 2 cups of water into this paste mixture. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Boil it in low flame. to convert the butter into a oil </span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">As it is a time taking process , so its best to continue with your own work like gathering firewood , chatting with Nugli and getting to know people. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Of course, Akka had to keep an eye in the kitchen since she wanted to make sure the butter/oil comes out well.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sailesh cycled to Angadibail with his dog, Mac in a trailer, all the way from Bangalore. He is on a journey to discover a minimalist, sustainable way of life and BuDa Folklore, Angadibail is his first pit stop. He will stay here until the ‘<a href="http://buda-honnavar.blogspot.in/2015/08/mungaaru-monsoon-gathring.html" target="_blank">Mungaru</a> festival,’ the paddy transplanting event on 15, August.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This story starts more than two decades ago. As a seven-year old, Sailesh decided to leave home over an altercation with his father. He walked out, sat on a nearby sidewalk and thought about what he would do to survive on his own. He thought he could catch fish for food. Then he began thinking about what it takes to catch fish: the tools and the skills to trap them. He went back home and began working on equipping himself with the skills of survival – of independence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">This one year's ‘break’ is not something that arose out of usual factors like job frustration or boredom. This is something that he has wanted to do for a long time – to travel for the sake of travelling and not for the destination; to not know where he is going next and to not have a specific timeline. With a year in his hand, he does not have to plan ahead: each day is a fresh perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> This time trekking along the beach for 4 days from Honnavar to Gokarna with a large group of students from Sahyadri School took me into a different stroll.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The sunset ..the seashells ..the seagulls ..the starfish emerging from the sand ...the moon setting in the sea did not fascinate me ..</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Early morning at om beach in Gokarna others were looking for a hot cup of coffee at the beach side restaurants i was observing another fascinating art gallery</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monsoon. Thats what <i>mungaaru</i> means. We'd scheduled </span><br />
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of life in full glory. A <span style="line-height: 12.8000001907349px;">perfect place to learn to surrender to life and be glad. A perfect time to </span></span><br />
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The day began with so much enthusiasm, a drive from the bus-stop till the forest center woke up everyone :) </div>
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Soon after a short break and letting them indulge into the forest vibe, we got to a brief introduction and the flow of the weekend.<br /></div>
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KOKUM - FRUIT PICKING </div>
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Sun kissed walks, climbing trees, and a lot of bonding.</div>
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The participants were divided into 3 different groups (for fun) and to ensure everyone learns to work as a community.</div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” </span><br /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7275.Helen_Keller" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #666600; display: inline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; outline: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Helen Keller</a></div>
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KOKUM- THE PROCESS</div>
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The process began with drinking some freshly made Kokum juice by Hema akka :)</div>
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The next step was to segregate the ripe and good fruits, beware of the worms that are hidden. The groups, got down to work at once. After the segregation each fruit were to be wiped clean.</div>
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The next step was to further divide the fruit and segregate the pulp and shell for the Kokum preserve.</div>
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After the separation, the Kokum fruit shells were smothered in sugar and directed put into sun dried clean glass jars. One big jar for each group.</div>
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After the main one was done each group was allowed to experiment with the Kokum shella and add any other ingredient apart from sugar.</div>
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This was a very exciting experiment, group 1. decided to add palm jaggery, salt and lime.</div>
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Group 2. added dried red chillies, jaggery, green chilli and lime. </div>
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Group 3 added lime, cinnamon, jaggery, kokum juice, some kokum shells and pepper and lemon seeds.</div>
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After all the fun work together in the summer-ness, a well deserved treat was up ahead.</div>
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Soon after lunch we got introduced to our tribe scholars Hanmi (river tribe) who shared and taught her beautiful art form to the participants.</div>
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Simultaneously, Subbi akka (forest tribe) who taught some of us to weave baskets from a creeper that grows in the forest. </div>
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A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate.<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">There was so much knowledge exchanged, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">questions, stories, experiences...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">language issues, laughter.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">Yes it was as fun as you think!</span></div>
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Soon everyone set off on a time for themselves, group walks, explorations, bonding and being one with forest.</div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” </span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> ― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5297.John_Muir" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; background-color: white; color: #666600; display: inline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">John Muir</a><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;" /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">
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Slowly the night crept in, and we sat under the moonlit sky, chatting with our forest friends, and also shelling the Kokum seeds for another process the following day.</div>
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An adventurous trip to Yana cave temple. </div>
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The day followed by with an introduction to the making of Kokum butter which is widely used for health and skin related remedies.</div>
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Soon after a delicious lunch, the process of weaving cane basket was taught by Ramachandra Bhattru.</div>
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The day followed by us having lots to share and circle time where we spoke about all the seamless journeys, the authenticity, no boundaries, a lot of space and the most important a major learning.</div>
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The weekend ended with a lot of smiles, a Kokum recipe handmade book, jars of kokum and a bag full of memories.</div>
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Kokum is a native
fruit to the western coastal regions of southern India. In Kannada it's called Murugalu. You rarely
find it grown or used in cuisine beyond this area. Also know as
garcinia indica, the Kokum tree bears hundreds of fruits during the
summer. The fruit is green when tender and ripens to a red-purple
color, at which point its plucked. Fresh fruit is usually reserved
for juice while most of what is plucked will be dried. For drying,
the skin and seeds of the Kokum are seperated and traditionally
sun-dried. The seeds are used to make Kokum butter . As a
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The medicinal
benefits of Kokum are wide ranging. Many of its benefits, when
consumed, come from antioxidant properties. But it is known to reduce
cholesterol, promote weight loss, reduce constipation, relieve pain
from anal piles/fissures, improve working of the liver, reduce fever
and burning sensations in the body, fight infections and cleanse the
blood. Additionally it is used in some Ayurvedic medicines in
infusions for skin ailments as well as providing relief from
sunstroke and thirst. Finally, the application of Kokum butter quicken the healing of wounds and can be used for cosmetic purposes.<br />
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Last year we had a
beautiful gathering in Honnavar and experienced the processing and
preservation of the fruit. We ate many Kokum dishes and enjoyed
refreshing juice all the while. While we were preparing the fruits,
the children enjoyed fresh fruit with salt, where they made small
openings on the top of the fruit, inserted and mixed salt with a
small stick and slowly suck the juice directly from the fruit.<br />
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This year the
harvesting will also follow a rhythm of a community gathering. Upon
arrival, you will see that there are around 100 Kokum trees around
the Angadibail forest. Eshwaranna will guide you as to how to pick
these oozing red fruits. After which we will clean and prepare the fruits for drying. We'll also eat and note tastly recipes. Also trying for
the first time this year to make Kokum-butter the traditional way.
Not to mention we will beat the heat by swimming at the near-by
waterfall, playing folk games, a recipe session on regional summer drinks and doing craft with Hanmi Akka. Join
us in this celebration of summer, local food and of course Kokum!<br />
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See original blog post by Poornima here: <a href="http://hippie-ness.blogspot.com/2015/03/traditional-jaggery-recipe-book-making.html?spref=bl">Hippie-ness: Traditional jaggery recipe book . The making.</a>: <br />
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For the love of making handmade books! Forgotten recipes of the land. Put together by Sara and illustrated by Poornima for February's Jaggery Festival. Check it out:<br />
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Savita Udayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05772836731350506934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739135046523306035.post-79596770760836913432015-03-18T12:55:00.001-07:002015-03-18T13:07:09.532-07:00Jaggery Festival | Kabbin Habba<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dawn hit the Angadibail forest center, freshly dressed after its final construction, and stirred a frenzy of excitement for the day. Ashish began what would become his 24 hours as a chauffeur and went to pick up our participants. We all peeled back our layers of jungle which had built up in our previous days of preparation and took hold of the celebratory mood. We heard squeals of delight sound from the jeep, barreling down the red-dirt road. Our eccentric group poured out, wide-eyed at the landscape which they'd just been thrown into. Bharat's flute hung over the place, the most fitting and soothing soundtrack you could imagine to first discover the beauty of the jungle. We greeted everyone warmly, arming them with our homemade soap-nut pouches and bamboo shoots of charcoal tooth-powder in our effort to keep the stream water clean which flows through the forest center. </div>
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After a brief exploration of the new center, we fed out hungry travelers (with plenty of jaggery for idly on their banana leaves) and challenged them to our first task of cutting down sugarcane. Just as the sun started its blistering effect on the forest, we set out to give pooja to the earth and began our harvest. We handled machetes and tried our best to cut and clean the sugar cane as well as Eshwarana had demonstrated. Meanwhile the four youngsters went back to the center to create their own statues of Ganasha for our final pooja after harvest. Our most experienced and enthusiastic participant in the harvest was Savita's Appa by far. He held a wide grin and laughed joyously, reliving childhood memories of sugarcane harvests past. </div>
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After our sweaty efforts, we hauled what sugarcane we harvested back to the center and cooled off with a glass of kokum juice. We had a beautiful (thanks to those artistic Ganesha figures) harvest pooja where we thanked the earth for letting us take her fruits. Everyone enjoyed a cool stream water bath and we settled into lunch, again filling our banana leaves with jaggery-flavored dishes. After a nap and some quiet time, I headed out to the house where we'd be camping/watching jaggery production with Poornima to put some last minute touches on our festival area. Meanwhile everyone at the center revved up for the site-visit by watching a cooking demonstration of Bangli Rotti, a local cake-like jaggery treat. </div>
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Ashish managed to get everyone in the truck and the participants arrived at the campsite with anticipation and eagerness to participate. We fed them the traditional roasted peanut and jaggery snack to welcome them to the house and quickly made our way down the road to see the traditional style jaggery production before dusk. There, many local friends and villagers joined us in the celebration of traditional jaggery processes. The bulls that pulled the gaana were calm but monstrous in size. The farmers guided us on how to push the other side of the gaana and quickly the children and a few brave participants (shout out to my fellow students) joined in on the work. All the while we sipped fresh sugarcane juice which our hosts poured for us abundantly. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><i>Traditional GaaNa, pulled by bulls, to extract sugarcane juice</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><i>More 'bulls' to help the process</i></td></tr>
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We were just in time to see the farmers take the sugarcane juice which had been cooking in an enormous vat over a large fire and filter it through cloth. We could smell the caramel-like aroma of the finished jaggery and soon we were served a healthy dose of the stuff which we hesitantly slurped down, trying ignore our bodies cry of: enough sweets! But the local treat was just too good for any sane sweet-tooth to turn down. As the sunset left us with a pink sky, we walked back to our campsite to continue the festivities. There at the house, we ran three stalls: 1) a bottle rope-wrapping station where participants decorated recycled bottles to fill with jaggery 2) a cow/bull bell beading station and 3) a cooking demonstration of a crispy crepe-like jaggery treat, todedevu. As the crickets began their symphony, we quieted down from our bustling day and enjoyed sitting still, working with our hands. Soon everyone had crafts to show each other proudly. We leisurely had our dinners and the strongest among us even ate more jaggery treats. A bonfire crackled by the tents and once by one we trickled down to sit by its warmth and hear stories and songs from each other until sleep took us over. </div>
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A dewey morning came and we had everyone russle up their belongings to head to the location of a house that did mechanized jaggery processing. Sleepily, we somehow piled even more people and items in the truck and bounced along the back roads through the sweet-smelling jungle. Our new hosts welcomed us and led us to their processing site where we learned how the modern, mechanic technique works. More sugarcane juice and the caramel-like taste of the jaggery 'cream', filled our mouths with sweetness again. We sat down to a breakfast of jaggery dosa and green chutney as the sun began to heat up. After a farewell, we piled back in the truck and headed toward a near-by water fall. Our short trek to the falls was full of wonderment as we stared up at the beauty of ancient trees and playful, vibrant flowers. At the sight of the falls we were elated, a few of us unable to contain our excitement and jumping in right away. The water was cold, even by Luci's Minnesotan standards, but it came as a relief to the sun, humidity and layer of camping we'd acquired.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><i>Everyone piled up in the truck!</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><i>The waterfall</i></td></tr>
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Smiling and soggy, we came back for our final meal together at the forest center. We chatted, napped and reflected on our journey. We came together to share our favorite moments and everyone got to try the bangli-roti they'd learned to make the afternoon before. As a parting gift, we gave out jaggery recipe booklets filled with traditional delicacies our friends could try to make at home. A successful first annul jaggery festival had us already planning for next year. The weekend finished as it had begun, with smiles and sweetness flowing between BuDa friends in the forest. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><i>Recipe booklet binding, one of the preparations for the festival, enjoyed by the BuDa team</i></td></tr>
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Savita Udayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05772836731350506934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739135046523306035.post-21869549739471388932015-02-12T02:26:00.002-08:002015-09-24T02:25:48.525-07:00Peepal Grove<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Peepal Grove
River Route Trip</b></div>
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Sara Taylor</div>
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This past weekend,
BuDa took students from Peepal Grove, their art teacher and a
few friends on an adventure along the Sharavathi River as a part of
our River Route Program. Here is a play-by-play of how our magic
moonlit trip unfolded:</div>
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<b>~ Day 1</b>: The
students arrived early in the morning. We had a quiet breakfast. I
looked across at the timid group and let my mind wonder how/if they'd
come out of their shells during our 5 days together. My mind was quickly eased when we started our first activity: learning shedi art. Each member of the group <span style="line-height: 100%;">eagerly observed Hanmi
Akka's strokes and threw themselves into their own interpretations. Smoothly joining together our pieces, the ladies were
ready for their next artistic challenge, while the boys took time to
explore. Calm and focused, Abhirami and Kaveri picked up river reeds
for the first time. Growing more familiar to the twists of the grass with every
row woven, the students gracefully took on more of Hanmi Akka's
teaching.</span></div>
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After a bountiful
traditional style lunch, we rested and the boys took their turn at
weaving, equally patient and successful in their pursuit. To break
from focused-bent-over-ness, we gathered to learn more about each
other. Arpita lead an activity where were able to trace everyone's
family's roots on a map of India...then the Middle East...and finally
way over in the Western Hemisphere when I had my turn. The students
enjoyed seeing the variety of places we brought into the group and
chimed in to explain all the different elements that we each carry:
food, humor, livelihoods...the list developed on and on. Suddenly we
noticed the time and scurried down to the train tracks to try and
catch one passing with no success. But soon we were too excited for
our sunset boat ride to bother and we skipped down to the Sharavathi
where the students met the river for the first time. After plenty of
exploration and a mystical sunset on a small mangrove island, we
waited and watched eagerly as the full moon rose. Our boat ride back
was nothing short of a dream.
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With the drum of the
motor, the pastel sky wained and we passed under a bridge just as a
train whizzed by, getting a view of flashing lights from below. The
final stretch of our ride, the motor was switched off and silence
seized the boat, the sound of ripples in the river joining the
moonlit path across the water. With a happy goodnight circle of
reflections and anticipation for our camping to begin, the full moon
cradled us to sleep.</div>
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<b>~ Day 2</b>: We woke up
with the stars still up and sleepily piled ourselves in the truck. I
sat in the trunk with the Peepal Grove crew and we bumped along as
the sun rose. We followed the Sharavathi on the road, up about an
hour where we reached a boat-launch. Against rough water, we pushed
up the river on the boat, pausing for currents too strong, and
reached the first island of our journey Gersoppe. After a rickety
bridge crossing that left some in giggles and others a bit stiff with
fear, we found our way to our host. There, after some tea, we set
straight away to exploration. The eyes of the students weary, but
gleaming at the Jain temple on this seeming middle-of-nowhere place.
Savitha told us of the Pepper Queen who reined this island and fought
against the Portuguese, English and other invaders seeking the wealth
of spice. We uncovered broken statues in the brambles behind the
temple and contemplated meanings behind carvings. The students took
particular interest in a carving of a fish who's eye is said
symbolize something...could it be pointing to treasure, hunted for in
centuries past? We left questions dangling, our stomachs distracting
us with grumbles.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kaveri & Abhirami discovering ruins</i></td></tr>
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After breakfast and a round of trash pick up for
our hosts, we scampered off back through the woods to a refreshing
swimming spot and laid our bodies to let the Sharavathi wash over us. <span style="line-height: 100%;">After lunch we
attempted a nap to recover from our early morning rise, but were
surprised by a long, loud ringing of bells which we found our own
friend Faiza participating in. We faced the afternoon heat and set
out for another round of exploration of the temple ruins. The groups
divided and conquered the area, taking notes of observations and
questions they had along the way. We had a final meeting where we
were able to get a fuller history from Nagrag, our host. Finally we
got going on our journey to the next island where we'd be staying the
night. On our way to the boat, we came to a temple that Savitha lead
us into. There we saw a unique, historical art form called Kaavi that
was covering walls which were semi-destroyed and being marked for
full demolition. Inquisitive, we remained and engaged with the
proprietor about why he was not trying to save these precious works.
Engaging dialogue ensued and it was decided that Faiza and Poornima
would return the next day to document the demolition and conduct full
interviews.</span></div>
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Piling into the boat
for our evening ride to our camping spot, the group rode in silence,
letting the sun leave our skin and breeze sweep our brows. The glow
of the horizon lead to the eruption of a large orange moon that had
all of us gasping and even a few crying out in awe of its beauty.
Eyes brimming with beauty we lugged ourselves up to the top of the
hill at the island we reached. There we set up camp at an old British
bungalow with an outstanding view which further filled us. We had a
much needed dinner and relaxed by the a bonfire cooked up by myself
and the students. Songs rotated around the circle and once we'd tired
our repertoires, we attempted ghost stories. After a very silly story
we all contributed to, Savitha unexpectedly scared us with a story of
her own and left us with goose bumps. Weary eyed and on the edge of
our seats, we settled on going to bed when she refused to tell us the
ending to her spooky tale.
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<b>~ Day 3:</b> We woke and
set off soon after breakfast to explore the new island. Weaving
through pathways, we encountered friendly islanders welcoming us to
see their homes, patty fields and near-by relics. We reached a
coconut grove and with the guidance of a local climber, the students
and Arvind attempted to get us something to drink. After bumping and
scraping themselves enough, they moved on to joining me in learning
how to weave the palm leaves from our ever-smiling friend Manju
Gowda. Next we walked, balanced on pipes, to see a few particularly
special religious statues and hear about the stories that have
evolved with these relics on the island. The students took notes and
asked questions, uncovering the mysteries of another lost set of
symbols and gods.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Manju Gowda teaching Kaveri palm weaving</i></td></tr>
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Once we'd exhausted our explorations and saved the
rest of our questions for another day, we came to the river once
more. The current was pulling fiercely and I put on my symbolic
lifeguard hat and set some rules for the group, some of whom were new
swimmers. We took a boat up the river to float down it and to my
delight, everyone stayed safe while having a blast. After our
floating sessions, the Peepal Grove crew initiated a jumping contest
that had us laughing all the way to lunch. <span style="line-height: 100%;">The sun took every
ounce of energy out of us and we gratefully ate our lunches and
napped. In a flurry we awoke and climbed down from the bungalow to
pile into the boat once more. On the way to our next island stop we
picked up our weary friends Faiza and Poornima who had spent the day
documenting at the Kaavi art site. We reached Balkur and send the boat with our documenters
to meet us at the rice mill where we would be camping. Once the
boat was around the corner the challenge was laid out: the students had to lead us to the mill. With no Kannada and no
sense for where we were headed, the group was gitty at the prospect
of leading an adventure. Savitha only asked that we did not take the
main road and that the river remain in sight. Twisting through patty
fields, balancing on piped and leading us through a red-ant nest (I
was the most devoured victim of course), the sun started setting and
there was no end in sight. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Students leading us through Balker</i></td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 100%;">The students began to get a bit anxious
but pushed on. Finally when the dark set on fully and we only had a
little ways to go, so we took the road for convenience. The students
even got us some baji to make us all happy after our trek through the
island. We had dinner in an old style rice mill and wearily told the
stories of our day before falling fast asleep.</span></div>
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<b>Day 4</b>: Come morning,
we took our final boat ride on the Sharavathi. Our longest journey
and one pushed along by the rising sun and mist moving off the water.
We reached Honnavar after about an hour and climbed out, set our
things down and dove right into learning how to make a rope from a
coconut. The students picked up the process quickly and when they had
finished their ropes, attempting climbing the coconut trees once
more, this time with more success because the trees had rungs dug out
specifically for climbing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Saransh up the coconut tree</i></td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 100%;">As the morning sun heated up, we took the
trek along the train tracks and up the hill back to the center. There
we gobbled up dosas with enthusiasm and even had a bit of an eating
contest take place. After our three days of adventure we all needed
to rest, catch up on journaling and think about what to do for our
affirmations of each-other. After lunch, more rest and letting the
sun pass its hottest point, we packed up once more and headed for the
beach for our final night of camping. </span><span style="line-height: 100%;">It was upsetting for
those returning to the beach-site and first timers alike, to see that
a road had been made that lead directly to the beach in an attempt to
develop the remote beachfront. Despite this sour feeling, all were
gleeful with our meeting of the sea. We splashed through the
afternoon, tirelessly fighting the current and letting the waves take
throw us against the shore. We climbed the near by rocks and watched
the sunset, letting the rocks' warmth dry us off. After making a cozy
fire, we feasted and started again into our rotation of songs around
the circle. Salty and sun-kissed, we climbed into our tents and slept
soundly.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Beach camp for the final night</i></td></tr>
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<b>Day 5:</b> On our final
day together, we returned to Honnavar for breakfast and soon received
a call from the forest department. They wanted BuDa to run some
programs for a government school group that was visiting their
nursery...in one hour. We hopped to the opportunity to interact with
local students and the Peepal Grove crew was equally on board.
Magnificently, we pulled together a wonderful program in no time at
all. Once we reached, the government students were shocked to see
such a large group and wide variety of individuals coming to engage
with them. We split the group up into two nature oriented
observational activities and came back together to reflect on the
meaning of all we'd seen. The Peepal Grove students each took a turn
speaking about their experience on our five days together and we were
grinning at the reflections. The government students were in awe of
these kids who had come from all over to see what was in Honnavar's
backyard. The Peepal students stressed the significance and beauty of
all they'd experienced, emphasizing the folk craft-work they had
learned from Hanmi Akka. The BuDa team and friends could not have
been more proud. <span style="line-height: 100%;">We ended our time
together with lovely individual affirmations. We exchanged kind words
and bid each other a bittersweet farewell. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The whole gang</i></td></tr>
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Savita Udayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05772836731350506934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739135046523306035.post-45473566753135248092015-02-12T00:56:00.001-08:002015-02-12T00:56:58.703-08:00New Intern Sara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello! My name is Sara Taylor and I'm interning with BuDa for the next few months. I hail from the Blue Ridge Mountains in Charlottesville, Virginia and go to school at Brandeis University outside of Boston. So far I've spent seven months in India for my third academic year of my liberal arts degree (Anthropology and Environmental Studies) and I can't imagine leaving come May. I've been lucky enough to be involved with BuDa for the past month and a half as part of the internship potion of my program, run through the Enviornmental Support Group in Banglaore (you may have seen me standing, gawkily tall, in some of the quilting worship photos). Though I'm primarily involved with workshops and student groups that BuDa hosts, I'm also doing a research project creating a book on forgotten recipes. If you're interested in seeing some of my experiences in India, check out my <a href="http://gambelunghe.weebly.com/">blog</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Arpita, Sara, Swathi and Savitha<br />serving chai to the busy quilters </i></td></tr>
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