A bodo lady's daily bread. These are the fresh reeds (stalk) of Ekhra 'Eryanthus' (Elephant grass) which can hide an elephant. A dominant species of the Terai grass community, found presently in patches in Manas and parts of Kaziranga NP. Looking at her fragile structure I tried..my hands on lifting that bunch.. I could not even move it an inch!!
They do their cat walk (~15km) with a head load of ~50kg everyday to build their houses or sell it in market..at Rs10 per bundle !!
'Ekhra huts' can withstand the storm and floods of Assam.. Amazing isn't it?
3 comments:
hmm.. this is pretty interesting...
keep sharing information like this please...
and pictures too :)
Hi..lovely pics..thanks for visiting my blog .I have been to kaziranga and also to Tawang in Arunachal ..just loved both
@ thanks Om and Backpacker..
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