Traditional Skills of Primitive Tribal Groups of Odisha

Sanjeet Kumar
sanjeet.biotech@gmail.com

Department of Botany
Ravenshaw University
Cuttack.

Traditional Skills of Primitive Tribal Groups of Odisha

Hill Kharia

1.      Collection of honey, resin and arrowroot.

2.      Broom stick making

3.      Mat making

4.      Khali stitching and pressing.

Dongaria Kandha

1.      Embroidery.

2.      Wood carving and decorating.

3.      Wall painting.

4.      Comb making.

5.      Pineapple cultivation and fruit processing.

Paudi Bhuyan

1.      Broomstick making.

2.      Mat making

3.      Basketry.

4.      Litchi cultivation

5.      Tussar rearing

6.      Changu dance.

Chuktia Bhunjia

1.      Bamboo basketry.

2.      Settled cultivation.

Mankardia

1.      Basket and rope making out of siali fiber, sabai grass and jute.

2.      Monkey catching.

Birhor

1.      Rope making.

2.      Khali stitching and pressing.

Lodha

1.      Sabai rope making

 Juang

1.      Wood carving

2.      Comb making

3.      Shifting cultivation

4.      Changu dance

Kutia Kandha

1.      Broomstick making

2.      Khali stitching and pressing

3.      Shifting cultivation

4.      Cultivation of turmeric, mustard etc.

Bonda

1.      Weaving of clothes and carpet.

2.      Bead necklaces

3.      Vegetable cultivation

4.      Archery.

Lanjia Saora

1.      Icon.

2.      Wood carving

3.      Stone terracing & Water management in cultivable land.

4.      Cashew plantation and processing.

Didayi

1.      Bamboo basketry

2.      Weaving

3.      Broomstick making

4.      Archery

(Source: Primitive Tribal Groups of Orissa, Ota et al., 2008)