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Tales of Thar

Saturday, May 24, 2008

KALSI_!

Posted by rajendra at 1:04 AM No comments:

Labels: Mud pot use for rainwater transport from naadi (pond)

Monday, May 12, 2008

Equity at all

Posted by rajendra at 2:26 AM 1 comment:

Labels: Men and Women Equal

Knowledge of Thar

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Labels: Indegineous older people have traditional knowledge of thar

Water Piture

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Labels: traitional local technique use in thar for watring to plants

Saturday, May 10, 2008

RWH BERI IN DESERT

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Labels: WOMEN FATCHING DRINKING WAER FROM BERI

Conserve Haritage

Posted by rajendra at 2:21 AM No comments:

Labels: NEGLECT AND DAMAGE OF TRADITIONAL WATER HARVESTING BODY- NAADI DAMAGED DUE TO EMERGENCE OF LARGE SCALE TUBEWELLS

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Flood in Rajasthan

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Labels: this photo taken at Modha village at jaisalmer district, Thousand of animal die during flood in jaisalmer and badmer

A desilted naadi "Pond"

Posted by rajendra at 5:17 AM No comments:

Labels: Traditional rain water harvesting man made Naadi (water reservoir)

ORAN "Traditional forrest"

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Labels: 'ORAN' looks like dry fields

Poterman

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Labels: Poterman make a mud utencil for domestic use.

Topes

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Labels: Topes at jodhpur mehrangarh fort

Medicinal fruit and vegitable

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Labels: Ker fruits on 'ker tree'

Our Future

Posted by rajendra at 4:51 AM 1 comment:

Labels: Girls education now play a vital role in the thar

Old traditional practice

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Labels: Old women use their knowledge in washing her cloths.

NIDAN "Weeding"

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Labels: 'Nidan' WOMEN ENGAGED IN WEEDING FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF CROP

Seedhi 'Steps'

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Labels: A seedhi 'Steps' use for going in side the tanka during finishing

KHADIN " A traditional indigineous tecnologi developed by thar people"

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Labels: But farmer take or grow same crop in the Khadin without any irrigation., Kejri trees and renfed agriculture in the khadin. This type of crop not possible without irrigation

JAAL "Graps Tree"

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Labels: 'Jaal tree' in the thar many oran/comon belongs from jaal, this tree provided shelter to wild animals and graps to human beings in sumer

KER

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Labels: Ker tree with handsome red flowers in the Oran/Gaucher, people use its fruits for pical (achar) and vegitable

Deshi Hal

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Labels: Farmer use deshi hal for plouging and sowing their field during mansoon seasan.

FOGDA

Posted by rajendra at 4:06 AM 2 comments:

Labels: Fog tree in desert women taking green leafs for their animal feed

Khejri"Prosophis ceneraria"

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Labels: A healthy Legume Khejri Tree with sangri fruit

'Kundi'

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Labels: 'Stone Kundi' Water store and use for their animal drinking purpose

'THANN'

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Labels: A mud round pot for fodder feed to animal

Taanka

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Labels: A view of Taanka during construction

CHONGNI & SMALL ODHI, CHAJLA & CHARNI (HANGNA)

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Labels: These are agricultural traditional equipments

'BHAKHARI'

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Labels: 'BHAKHARI' PEOPLE USE FOR THEIR PREPARED FOOD, BUTERMILK, CURED, ETC. INSIDE) Traditional, MILK

ARAHAT

Posted by rajendra at 3:21 AM No comments:

Labels: Traiditional system still fuction in thar

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

A VIEW OF THAR DESERT

Posted by rajendra at 6:49 AM No comments:

Labels: THIS PICTURE OF PABUPURA VILLAGE AT JODHPUR IN THAR DESERT

Means of bell

Posted by rajendra at 6:43 AM No comments:

Labels: every people try to ring bell and they sound diffrent-diffrent type, In changmai (Thailand) around the tample many bells

Traditional dance

Posted by rajendra at 6:38 AM No comments:

Labels: Kalbeliya women dancing on folk music in Thar

Simbol of Thar people

Posted by rajendra at 6:33 AM No comments:

Labels: Desert people use Turban as a own identity the society

'KANAHRA'

Posted by rajendra at 6:28 AM No comments:

Labels: 'KANAHRA'-Traditional seed bank in local pot made by local people

Hungeri Child

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Labels: Hungri Child eating only millet bread without any vagetable

Multiple use of water

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Labels: Children taking bath sit inside the tagari and after bath this water use for animal

Means of Health

Posted by rajendra at 6:18 AM No comments:

Labels: Thar rural women still continueing Brest feeding their child

TRADITIONS OF THAR

Posted by rajendra at 6:11 AM 1 comment:

Labels: old women with their tradition

Goat

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Labels: Cow of the Thar Desert Poor people Because they have not much fodder and feed to big animals

'ATTIYA' (CHARKHA)

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Labels: old tradition still exist in the thar villages

BATODIA

Posted by rajendra at 5:58 AM No comments:

Labels: Chulha for cattle feed cook in this macanisum

BAWDI (STEPWELL)

Posted by rajendra at 5:24 AM No comments:

Labels: These structure Built by local inigenious people of thar for drinking water solution, when no any type of water supply facilities by any govt. department

Monday, May 5, 2008

GREEN YELLOW HURBULE FRUIT

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DESERT CROP

Posted by rajendra at 12:17 AM No comments:

Labels: HEALTHY CROP OF PEARL MILLET (HSB67)

DESERT FRUIT

Posted by rajendra at 12:08 AM 1 comment:

Labels: HARVEST OF WATERMELON FROM IMPROVED KHADIN

Women Empowerment

Posted by rajendra at 12:04 AM No comments:

Labels: WOMAN DRAWING MATRIX OF SEASONALITY

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Fodder Bank

Posted by rajendra at 11:49 PM No comments:

Labels: "KALAR" Traditional tecnology of fooder storage for animals in drought period. Because drought is the natural fenomina in thar

Plowing in desert

Posted by rajendra at 11:39 PM No comments:

Labels: SOWING WITH BULLOCKS- TRADITIONAL PRACTICE

Posted by rajendra at 11:00 PM No comments:

Labels: MULTIPLE STEMS OF IMPROVED VARIETY OF PEARL MILLET

Posted by rajendra at 10:24 PM No comments:

Labels: MULTIPLE STEMS OF IMPROVED VARIETY OF PEARL MILLET

TRADITIONAL WATER POTS "CALLED KALSI"

Posted by rajendra at 10:12 PM No comments:

Labels: Thar people use these mud pots for carring rain water from naadi (pond) and storage rain water for drinking purpose

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rajendra: I am working with GRAVIS as a Sr. Programme coordinator. Gravis is an NGO working in western part of rajasthan for upliftment/empowerment of rural poor communities. I am looking here natural resource management programme, especially on water security, food security, fodder security and employment generation. Traditional technologies and local wisdom use in innovative manner Sustainable development and also strengthening community based organizations. My self, visited two time abroad the country on the exchange of views, disaster risk reduction through community participation and natural resource management at Finland and Thailand. Gravis site is: www.gravis.org.in

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