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A busy Native market in the State of Orissa - 01/07/2017
Nikon D7200
ƒ/5.6
38.0 mm
1/500 @ ISO 1600
Flash (off, did not fire)
On the way to Onukadelli market in the tribal areas of SW Orissa.
"In the wild and remote mountainous country located towards the south-western tip of the Malkangiri highlands and north-west of the river Machkund in Malkangiri district, lives a unique tribe noted for its fiercely independent spirit. Though few in numbers, the tribe has successfully retained the distinctive features of its culture, chiefly due to its geographical isolation, and more perhaps due to its stubborn and independent spirit. The Bonda women with their clean-shaven head decorated with head bands of palmyra strips and plaited fillets of caryota fiber stand out in sharp contrast with women of other tribal groups, A mass of coloured beads and shell strings, brass neck rings and necklaces hanging down even below the navel.......... .... are the typical ornamentation of the Bondo women" An extract from the foreword of 'Bonda - Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute' (Bhubaneswar)
In the tribal areas of SW Orissa.
Only a few of the older women wear this kind of traditional jewellery now.
"The Gadaba are one of the prominent tribal communities of Orissa.The name 'Gadab' has been derived from the work 'Gada', the name of a brook in the Godavari Valley. The Gadaba speak Mundari language called Gutob. The Gadaba women decorate their bodies with ornaments. Some Gadaba women wear large earrings made of long pieces of brass wire welded into a circle which hangs down from a hole in the ear that reaches the shoulder. They also use ornaments, like rings (mudi) in their nose and on their fingers and bead necklace, and bangles made of brass. The hair is neatly combed and fixed at the back by hairpins". (Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute, Bhubaneswar, Orissa).