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'Rajasthan Day' celebrations at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur
Gujarat was a part of the Harappan civilization. Gujarat is home to Hindu saints of all castes. Sant Dhudhalinath and Sant Girnari Velnathji were Adivasis, Sant Bhojo Nachabkha and Madhavagar were Shudras, Mahatma Gandhi and Lala Bhagat were Vaish, Sant Kilha was a Kshatriya, and Lakulisa and Chakradhara were Brahmins.
Many Hindu religious traditions developed in Gujarat.
For example, Pasupata Saivism was established in Gujarat. Gujarat is the birth-place of Lord Shiva's avatar, Lakulisa (Staff-God). He established the Pasupata Shaivite tradition (one of the six major schools of Shaivism) in 2 A.D. or 3 A.D. According to some traditions, he was born in Kayarohana or Kayavatara in Saurashtra while other traditions hold that it was Karavana, in the modern-day town of Dabhoi Taluka near Baroda, another that it was Ulkapuri (modern Avakhal)and another that it was in Braoch or Bharuch.From Gujarat it spread north to Kashmir, South to Tamil Nadu,East to Nepal (where the Pashupatinath Temple stills exists popularly.)
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Mir (Urdu: مير) Hindi: मिर) is a tribe which has descended from the Butt tribe in Kashmir Valley of Baramulla. It is also in Sindh Gilgit and Punjab provinces of Pakistan and India.
The family name Mir can also be found in Spain, due to the Romani people's migration from North India toward Europe.
Mir are actually a clan of Bhatt along with Khawaja. Mir are also known as Butt today because they are actually descended directly from the Butt bloodlines. Mir became a clan somewhere around 1850. The Mir clan originates from the Kashmir Valley. Its origin is from the Butt tribe. Its fellow tribesmen are the Butt, Dar, Lone, Khawaja and Malik clans.
The mosaic of ethnic groups in Kashmir is complex and the race structure cannot be explained without understanding the pre-historic movements of people. The racial composition of the province was also influenced by waves of immigrants from the Central Asia and Middle East.
May village - Waga Dia and Machhukanah Rabari tribal people.
The region of Gujarat has played host to many a tribal culture and nourished them from the very earliest periods of history. One such tribe here, the Rabaris, still pursue a pastoral lifestyle—much in the same way as they did ages ago.
The Rabaris are a semi-nomadic tribe—pursuing a pre-agrarian, pastoral lifestyle—found mainly in the Kutch and Saurashtra regions of Gujarat. Though living today in permanent settlements, they are believed to have originally migrated from Baluchistan more than a millennium ago.
But over these thousand and more years, the Rabaris have undergone many changes and have been widely influenced by the local cultures with which they came in contact. Not only are they divided into distinct clans, they also prefer to trace their origin to Hindu Gods and even the Rajputs.
Without delving into the garbled clues provided by folk lore about their origin, a closer look at the Rabari today leads one into his quaint, colourful and rugged lifestyle.
By no means are the Rabaris an isolated people. The men are on the move—almost 10 out of the 12 months—in search of grazing pastures for their livestock; while the women and children remain in their villages. These villages are normally small, devoid of more than superficial amenities and, almost always, set in bleak, barren suroundings.
In a typical village, their rectangular houses, called vandhas, are built in rows. The white-washed mud walls and tiled roofs may have an appearance of starkness when viewed from outside. But within each house, the Rabari’s fondness for patterns is easily visible from the many geometric patterns that adorn its interiors. The tiny mirrors embedded into these mud-plaster patterns only enhance their beauty as they catch the faint glimmer of light streaming in from a small window or a low doorway. A home usually consists of two rooms, and an extended enclosure in the verandah which forms the kitchen.
The room at the back is normally used as a storehouse—a virtual treasure house of embroidered clothes and quilts kept in carved wooden pataras (chests); and the kothis and kothlas (granaries) made of mud and cowdung. The other room is mainly a living room decorated with embroidered torans or decorated doorways, while the doors are covered with brass foil etched in a myriad patterns. Often, the only piece of furniture that one might find is a carved, wooden cradle.
The community’s main stay is milk and milk produce from their livestock in order to purchase commodities that they trade in various forms at the local village or town markets.
Much of the handiwork seen in their decorated homes is that of their women. In fact, Rabari women are famous for their embroidery work, called bharat kaam, from which they make numerous traditional garments and furnishings. The kediyun, a gathered jacket with an embroidered smock, worn by young Rabari men and children, skirts and blouses for the women and girls—are al dexterously embroidered. Interestingly, the Rabari girl, completes over the years, her entire dowry which includes clothes as well as beautiful quilts or derkee.
Kokulashtami, after the rains, is marriage time. The men are back from their wanderings for this al important occasion. All marriages take place on this one day. Since child marriage is still very much in vogue within this tribe, outsiders are distrusted. Again, the Rabari marries only within the tribe and often into families which are closely located. Marrying outside the fold leads to social castigation and is very rare. While Rabari couples are probably the most exotically dressed, the marriage is a simple ritual performed by a Brahmin priest.
Rabaris, by and large, and ardent followers and worshippers of the Mother Goddess. Each clan has its own tribal goddess as the patron deity, though their homes often have pictures of other gods and goddesses as well. Strong tendencies of deifying and invoking the dead are still prevalent—a pointer to the community’s old world origin.
Another old world custom that has persisted is the custom of tattooing and there is a marked similarity In the motifs used in their embroideries and tattoos.
As an outsider it is difficult to communicate with these people since they speak a dialect which is a mixture of Marwari and Gujarati. But once they understand the visitor’s innocent curiosity, they exude the warmth and friendship that has always been a part of their make-up.
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hussain is a very powerful element of our existence .. no tears no cry i would die
My friend Amin crying with me is a Hindu Gujrati who converted to Shiasm.. and is far too devout I am learning to be devout from him.. like him.. i have far too many flaws
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Ya Hussain! Ya Hussain!
shaheed-e-Karbala ki mominoN jab yaad aati hai
tadap jaati hai duniya, khoon ke aansooN bahaati hai
Ya Hussain! Ya Hussain!
Whenever the martyrs of Karbala are remembered
The world cries and sheds tears of blood
O Hussain! O Hussain!
shah hast Hussain baadshah hast Hussain
deen hast Hussain deen pana hast Hussain
sar daad na daad dast dar dast-e-Yazeed
haq aa ke bina La-Ila hast Hussain
Ruler is Hussain, Emperor is Hussain,
Faith is Hussain , guardian of faith is Hussain .
Offered his head and not the hand to Yazid.
Truly, the mirror of faith is Hussain
sajde mein sar kataane ko aakhir kata dia
lekin Khuda ke naam ka danka baja dia
Ya Hussain! Ya Hussain!!
Finally, he was martyred during prayer
But the word of God was made famous the world over
O Hussain! O Hussain!
deed ki gar talaash hai sar ko jhuka namaaz mein
dil se khudi ko bhool kar khud ko mita namaaz mein
aayega tujh ko jab nazar roo-e-Khuda jab namaaz mein
pahle Hussain ki tarah sar ko kata namaaz mein
aur keh
Ya Hussain! Ya Hussain!
If you search for God, bow your head in prayer
Forget the self, lose your self in prayer
You will then realise God in your prayers
When you first sacrifice yourself like Hussain in prayer and then say,
O Hussain! O Hussain!
kis ki majaal ai Hussain tujh ko ho tujh se ham-saree
baap ke ghar Imam the naana ke ghar payambari
shakl-e-Hussain dekh kar haq bhi kahega hashr mein
ai mere Mustafa ke laal ummat-e-Mustafa baree
Ya Hussain! Ya Hussain!
Who can claim parity with you O Hussain,
Your father was the leader and grandfather was prophet.
Even God will say looking at the face of Hussain
O the flower of Muhammad, all his followers are forgiven
O Hussain! O Hussain!
salaami Karbala mein kya qayamat ki ghari hogi
churi Shabbir ki gardan pe jis dam chal rahi hogi
kaleja thaam kar Meer-e-falaq bhi rah gaya hoga
kaleje per Ali Akbar ke barchi jab lagi hogi
What difficult time it would have been in Karbala
When Shabbir had the knife on his throat.
Even the prince of the Universe would have his heart out
When the dagger was drawn on the heart of Ali Akbar
mujhe jaane do paani bhar ke ye Abbas kehte the
kayi din ki pyaasi hai Sakina ro rahi hogi
luti hai jaise duniya Karbala mein ibn-e-Haider ki
kisi mazloom ki duniya na duniya mein luti hogi
Let me go, let me take the water with me, urged Abbas
Sakina is waiting, thirsty for days.
Like the world of father of Haider was lost
Nobody's world would have been lost this way
Mohammad ke nawaase ne jo kee teghoN ke saaye mein
bashar to kya farishtoN se na aise bandagi hogi
hamare khooN ke badle mein ummat bakhsh de Ya Rab
Khuda se hashr mein ye iltijaa Shabbir ki hogi
Ya Hussain! Ya Hussain!
As prayed the grandson of Muhammad under the swords
Let alone humans, even angels would not have prayed that way.
O God ! forgive the Muslims in lieu of my sacrifice
This will be the request of Shabbir on the judgement day.
O Hussain! O Hussain!
An unusual feature in the construction of this tomb was this balcony. It is symbolic of Hindu architecture in the Gujrati style hinting that perhaps special artisans were brought in for its construction.
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"kanton ke saaye mein phoolon ka ghar hai"
Rough Translation : "Flowers reside in the protective shadow of thorns"
A song from hindi film: Vallah Kya Baat Hai (1962) Music: Roshan Lyrics: Prem Dhawan Singer: Manna Dey
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English name: Mexican prickly poppy
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Argemone
Species: A. mexicana
Common (Indian) names
Hindi: Shialkanta, Satyanashi
Gujrati: Darudi
Danarese: Balurakkisa, Datturi, Pirangi, datturi
Marathi: Daruri, Firangi-kote-pavola, dhotara.
Sanskrit: Brahmadandi, Pitopushpa, Srigalkanta, Svarnakshiri.
Malyalam: Ponnummattu, Kantankattiri
Tamil: Kutiyotti, Ponnummuttai
Telugu: Brahmadandicettu
Habitat: In India it is introducd and naturalised and occur as wasteland weed in almost every part of India. In many parts it is repoorted as crop weed also.
Related species: It is native of Tropcal America. The genus Argemone includes 12 species. Some major species are: A. alba Lestib. ( used medicinally in North America ), A. platyceras Link. & Otto., A. grandiflora Sweet.
Botany: It is a prickly, glabrous, branching herb with yellow juice and showy yellow flowers, The Sanskrit name svarnakshiri is given because of the yellow juice (Svarna - Gold; Kshiri - Juice ). The height of this plant varies between 0.3 to 0.12 meters, Leaves are thistlelike. Stem clasping, Oblong, sinuately pinnatifid, spinous and viens are white. Flowers are terminal, yellow and of 2.5–5.0 cm diameter. Fruits are capsule. Prickly and oblong ovoid. Seeds numerous, globose, netted and brownish black. Flowering time is all round the year in Indian conditions. The plants is toxic to animals and cattle avoid grazing this plant. Harmful allelopathic effects of Argemone mexicana on germination and seedling vigour of wheat, mustard, fenugreek, sorghum, fingermillet, tomato, cucumber etc. (important crops in India ) have been reported. The allelochemicals cinnamic and benzoic acid are identified as harmful chemicals responsible for inhibition of germination and seedling vigor.
Useful Parts: Roots, leaves, seeds and yellow juice.
Medicinal Properties and Uses: According to Ayurveda the plant is diuretic. purgative and destroys worms. It cures lepsory, skin-diseases, inflammations and bilious fevers. Roots are anthelmintic. Juice is used to cure ophthalmia and opacity of cornea. Seeds are purgative and sedative. Seeds resemble mustard seeds and in India it is used to adulterate mustard seed. Seed yield non edible toxic oil and causes lethal dropsy when used with mustard oil for cooking.
In Homoeopathic system of medicine, the drug prepared from this herb is used to treat the problem caused by tape-worm.
Popular Ayurvedic Formulations: Svarnakshiri churna and tail
Other uses: The plant is found suitable for the reclamation of alkaline soils.
Dried and powdered plants are recommended as green manure as it contain sufficient amount of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium.
Oilcake is used as manure.
Seed oil, popularly known as Satyanashi oil is used as an illuminant, lubricant, in soapmaking, and for protection from termites.
Chemical Constituents: The plant contains alkaloids as berberine, protopine, sarguinarine, optisine, chelerytherine etc. The seed oil contains myristic, palmitic, oleic, linoleic acids etc.
Resource Person:
Pankaj Oudhia
Society for Parthenium Management, (SOPAM)
28-A, College Road, Geeta Nagar
Raipur- 492001 India
Source: www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/argemone.html
2:30 PM PST. Lunch time amidst more crackdown. This time many of the masjids have been asked to closed doors for all namazis. But I got inside Bahar-e-Shariat located at main Bahadurabad. Now 4 cases of Corona have been reported from that locality !
Khausay is a Burmese dish modified by Gujrati Memons and brought to this shape to India and later to Pakistan. It is still not known outside the community and most women would be hard pressed to put it correctly on table. So here is how to put it. The only ingredient missing is dhania, which adds color and a bit flavor to the dish. Meat could be veal or mutton but chicken is not recommended.
On the left side is the Magnum Opus of National Geographic Photographer, Michael Yamashita whose story on Medieval traveller, Marco Polo (Circa 1254 - 1324 ), was turned into book form and published from US in 2011. It is a classic travel photography cum history book at at 537 pages it is a tour de force.
The present plague like condition would be familiar to Marco but not in his native Venice which has been ravished by the disease.
I have been born and brought up in this area and have learnt most of the languages by meeting and speaking with tourists from all over the world visiting these gardens.
I have been selling this fan from the age of 10.
I also dont know how i learnt all these languages.
I know to speak 12 languages - English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Arabi, Russian, Hindi, Marathi & Gujarati.
Thoda thoda.
I also go to a night school just to learn reading and writing for my future.
My videos are recorded by many and seen the world over, I am fed up of giving interviews .. I use to love the attention but not now .. people watching me become happy seeing me speak so many languages and I have become famous YES but what my heart seeks and wishes no one wants to know.
I want a job .. i want to grow and progress by doing a nice job say like becoming a salesman .. till when can i keep on doing this .. selling this fan on this busy road?
Should my life be stuck here .. ?
I request Mumbaikar and the entire world that to give me a good job so that i can earn a little more and move up in my life.
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Ravi Ramji Chekhalya lives with his grand mother on the road next to the Kamala Nehru Park, Malabar Hill.
If anyone wants to support he can be contacted on this no:
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Zählungen im Jahre 2005 ergaben, dass die kleine Population an Löwen, die in Gujarat im Gir-Nationalpark beheimatet sind, wieder gewachsen ist, eine Auswirkung der Bemühungen der Regierung für einen Schutz gegen Wilderer. Gujarat ist der letzte natürliche Lebensraum für Löwen außerhalb Afrikas.
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Dr. Dayaram Alok ji is a great social worker and writer who has done many works for the all-round development of the Damodar Vanshi tailor community. Some of his major works are as follows:
1. Free mass marriage conference: He organized a free mass marriage conference for the girls of the tailor community, which reduced the economic burden in the society and increased the unity of the society.
2. Murti Prana Pratishtha in the temple: He organized Murti Prana Pratishtha in the temple of the tailor community located in Dag, which led to religious and cultural awakening in the society.
3. Mass marriage conference: He organized a mass marriage conference in Rampura Nagar, which increased unity and social harmony in the society.
4. Donation in temples and Mukti Dham: He donated hundreds of cement benches along with cash donations with the aim of improving the sitting facilities for the people in many temples and Mukti Dhams of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
5. Caste history writing: As a caste history writer, he wrote the origin and history of many castes of India, which gave the society information about its roots.
6. Global identity: For the global identity of the tailor community, he created a genealogy by including 15 thousand tailors in a single family tree and made it available on the website.
Through all these works, Dr. Dayaram Alok ji has contributed significantly to the upliftment and development of the tailor community. His 85th birthday was celebrated with great enthusiasm by the tailor community, which is a symbol of honoring his contribution
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Welcome to the world of wedding decoration, we are herewith presenting traditional sankheda colorful wedding mandaps for Indian Hundu wedding decorations, this enhances auspicious occasions, origin from the state of Gujarat and worldwide known for beautiful colored wedding decorations. We are presenting the largest choice lacquer painted gujarati wedding furniture made of best quality solid teakwood.
Product : Sankeda Wedding Mandap Set in Copper Gold for Indian style wedding decoration with RED Cushion Fabric scheme.
Make : Sankheda Wedding Set is traditionally handmade of teakwood and painted in Gujrati traditional style geometrical motif and floral wedding designs.
Fully configurable online ordering system to buy extra Mandap Accessories without additional shipping cost.
Sankheda Wedding Mandap is 4 Pillars with 4 Top Arch Beam Product, You may add more product as per your business needs and configure your-own Sankheda-Wedding-Mandap-Set with additional MANDAP ACCESSORIES in same color combination, style, pattern and cushion fabrics. Available Options as are as follows :- (a.) Sankheda Wedding Jhulla -1 (b.) Sankheda Wedding Doli -1 (c.) Sankheda Wedding Furniture 9 Pc. set with 2- Wedding Stage Chairs + 2 Side Chairs + 2 Bajots + 2 Paatlas + 1 Hawan Kund (d.) Sankheda Mandap's Welcome Gate -1 (e.) Decorative Chori 7-Kalash Matka Set of 4 Sides (f.) Red Carpet (Non Woven) 150' feet Long x 5' feet wide Get Multiple Benefits on Buy ACCESSORIES:- (1.) Here you are SAVEING BIG Amount in SHIPPING consolidation from BUY MANDAP ACCESSORIES to configure your required full set. On single consolidate shipment you will SAVE up to US$ 3000 in 1-Set of shipment packing, handling, documentation, clearing, terminal handling, CFS, insurance, transportation, port fee, ocean freight, DDC charges shipping cost. (2.) Second important benefit is you are getting all ordering products made with same matching design and color combination and every pattern of paints to cushion fabrics will be same to attract the decorated wedding venue. (3.) By SAVING Big cost on inventory and making more attractive decoration one will perform better then market rivals and competitors.
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The Jat - one of the hidden tribes in Gujarat (India).
Dhaneta Jat nosering.
The Jats who live in Kutch are particularly conscious of their identity as a group and their sense of unity comes from a perception of shared historical traditions and a belief in common ancestry.
Originally the Jats were herders who lived in an area called Half in Iran. Five hundred years ago these shepherds migrated from Half and came to Sindh and Kutch to search for new grazing lands. They crossed the Rann of Kutch and settled there taking up farming, they became known as Dhaneta Jats. Some have devted themselves to the study of the Koran and are known as the Fakirani Jats. All the Jats in Kutch are Muslims and have similar marriage and dowry customs.
The Dhanetas are the largest of the Jat Communities. They live throughtout north western Kutch. The Dhanetas live in the Banni, herd cattle. The men care for the animals and women remain in camp looking after their families.
25 distritos:
Ahmedabad
Amreli
Anand
Banaskantha
Bharuch
Bhavnagar
Dahod
Dang
Gandhinagar
Jamnagar
Junagadh
Kheda
Kutch
Mehsana
Narmada
Navsari
Panchmahal
Patan
Porbandar
Rajkot
Sabarkantha
Surat
Surendranagar
Vadodara(Baroda)
Valsad
Gujarat is the main producer of tobacco, cotton, and groundnuts in India. Other major food crops produced are rice, wheat, jowar, bajra, maize, Tur, and gram. Gujarat has an agricultural economy; the total crop area amounts to more than one-half of the total land area.
Animal husbandry and dairying have played a vital role in the rural economy of Gujarat. Dairy farming, primarily concerned with milk production, functions on a cooperative basis and has more than a million members. Gujarat is the largest producer of milk in India. Amul milk co-operative federation products are well known all over India, and it is Asia's biggest dairy.Among livestock raised are buffalo and other cattle, sheep, and goats. As per the results of livestock census 1997, there were 209.70 lakh livestock in Gujarat State. As per the estimates of the survey of major livestock products, during the year 2002–03, the Gujarat produced 6.09 million tonnes of milk, 385 million eggs and 2.71 million kg of wool. Gujarat also contributes inputs to industries like textiles, oil, and soap.
The people of the Meghwal tribe are originally from Marwar in Rajasthan. At the present time they are also found living in western Gujarat near the Pakistan border. In Pakistan Meghwals mostly live in the Badin, Mirpurkhas, Tharparker, and Umerkot districts of Southern Punjab. In Pakistan the word Meghwar is used at the place of Meghwal.
Meghwar(Sindhi ميگھواڙ) is one of the major social groups of South Asia. In India they are classified as a "Scheduled Caste", that is, among the castes of India that are specified in a schedule of the Indian constitution. The Meghwar people, after being humbled for many thousand years, have now improved their living standards. The word Meghwal is more often used in place of Meghwar. The word Meghwar is derived from the Sanskrit words, megh, meaning clouds and rain, and war, meaning prayers. Literally, then, the word Meghwar connotes a people who pray for rains. Meghwar people, one of the most peaceful people, believe in humanity.
Meghwar (Urdu میگھواڑ ) live principally in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, along with the Indian states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, and some other areas of India. In Pakistan the majority of the Meghwars live in the Districts of Badin, Mirpurkhas, Tharparker, and Umerkot
a man feeding pigeons at a dargah pir, on my way to bet dwarka.
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Rabari shepherd on the way to Chobari.
The region of Gujarat has played host to many a tribal culture and nourished them from the very earliest periods of history. One such tribe here, the Rabaris, still pursue a pastoral lifestyle—much in the same way as they did ages ago.
The Rabaris are a semi-nomadic tribe—pursuing a pre-agrarian, pastoral lifestyle—found mainly in the Kutch and Saurashtra regions of Gujarat. Though living today in permanent settlements, they are believed to have originally migrated from Baluchistan more than a millennium ago.
But over these thousand and more years, the Rabaris have undergone many changes and have been widely influenced by the local cultures with which they came in contact. Not only are they divided into distinct clans, they also prefer to trace their origin to Hindu Gods and even the Rajputs.
Without delving into the garbled clues provided by folk lore about their origin, a closer look at the Rabari today leads one into his quaint, colourful and rugged lifestyle.
By no means are the Rabaris an isolated people. The men are on the move—almost 10 out of the 12 months—in search of grazing pastures for their livestock; while the women and children remain in their villages. These villages are normally small, devoid of more than superficial amenities and, almost always, set in bleak, barren suroundings.
In a typical village, their rectangular houses, called vandhas, are built in rows. The white-washed mud walls and tiled roofs may have an appearance of starkness when viewed from outside. But within each house, the Rabari’s fondness for patterns is easily visible from the many geometric patterns that adorn its interiors. The tiny mirrors embedded into these mud-plaster patterns only enhance their beauty as they catch the faint glimmer of light streaming in from a small window or a low doorway. A home usually consists of two rooms, and an extended enclosure in the verandah which forms the kitchen.
The room at the back is normally used as a storehouse—a virtual treasure house of embroidered clothes and quilts kept in carved wooden pataras (chests); and the kothis and kothlas (granaries) made of mud and cowdung. The other room is mainly a living room decorated with embroidered torans or decorated doorways, while the doors are covered with brass foil etched in a myriad patterns. Often, the only piece of furniture that one might find is a carved, wooden cradle.
The community’s main stay is milk and milk produce from their livestock in order to purchase commodities that they trade in various forms at the local village or town markets.
Much of the handiwork seen in their decorated homes is that of their women. In fact, Rabari women are famous for their embroidery work, called bharat kaam, from which they make numerous traditional garments and furnishings. The kediyun, a gathered jacket with an embroidered smock, worn by young Rabari men and children, skirts and blouses for the women and girls—are al dexterously embroidered. Interestingly, the Rabari girl, completes over the years, her entire dowry which includes clothes as well as beautiful quilts or derkee.
Kokulashtami, after the rains, is marriage time. The men are back from their wanderings for this al important occasion. All marriages take place on this one day. Since child marriage is still very much in vogue within this tribe, outsiders are distrusted. Again, the Rabari marries only within the tribe and often into families which are closely located. Marrying outside the fold leads to social castigation and is very rare. While Rabari couples are probably the most exotically dressed, the marriage is a simple ritual performed by a Brahmin priest.
Rabaris, by and large, and ardent followers and worshippers of the Mother Goddess. Each clan has its own tribal goddess as the patron deity, though their homes often have pictures of other gods and goddesses as well. Strong tendencies of deifying and invoking the dead are still prevalent—a pointer to the community’s old world origin.
Another old world custom that has persisted is the custom of tattooing and there is a marked similarity In the motifs used in their embroideries and tattoos.
As an outsider it is difficult to communicate with these people since they speak a dialect which is a mixture of Marwari and Gujarati. But once they understand the visitor’s innocent curiosity, they exude the warmth and friendship that has always been a part of their make-up.
a sadhu walking down the street.
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Hodka village - Harijan or Meghwal tribal people.
The name Harijan was given by Mahatma Gandhi to the Meghwal people. Hari means God and Jan means People. Meghwals are originally from Marwar in Rajasthan. They are experts in weaving wool and cotton and make attractive leather embroidery and wood carving.
Meghwals live all over Kutch. They always live in groups outside the village. Their houses are very clean and decorated by cowdung mud and mirrors. The men do leather work, wood carving and women do embroidery and patchwork. They live close to the Muslim families. They often borrow embroidery patterns and techniques from Muslim neighbours. They worship Ramdevpir.
It is easy to get a gents tailor in Mumbai , but finding a ladies tailor who delivers on time and copes of with the women of Mumbai is one very difficult task.. at Bandra Bazar there was a Gujrati tailor who left behind a couple of ladies shops to his many sons ,,,they specialize in cholis and other simple sartorial fare and serve the middle class Hindus Jains and Muslim .. I have hardly seen any Christian lady at their shops.
One of the sons was telling me that their father used to sleep at the waterfront at Gateway of India and saw terrible times , finally he worked hard bought a small hut in a shanty at Santa Cruz ,, today they are all well settled .
One of the oldest Bandra tailors was Advocate Tailors Dhirubhai Parmar , his father started Advocate and today Dhirubhai caters to the third generation , and he has been serving them for over 45 years , I like him , he reminds me of my fathers time ,,My father late Mohomed Shakir was famous both at Wodehouse Road and later whn he shifted his shop which was next to Charagh Din called Ambassador , to Grants Building .. he named it Smart Wear Tailors , and later it was taken over by Billy Shoes Chines shoe makers .. so my Dad took up part time employment with New Lords ..an extension of Charagh Din and Mr Bhagwan Daswani at its helm,.along with Shashi Daswani the young smart polite and enterprising face of Fashion.
So tailoring has been part of my reckoning I hated this line and God pushed me into it I worked at Burlingtons Taj Mahal .. and that was an experience I cant forget Bul Bul Master .. and attending Mr DRD Tata and Mr JRD.. Roger Moore ..Gregory Peck and the cast of Sea Wolves,, Mr Jim Brown , Mr IS Johar , Ashok Hinduja and so many others .. and was lucky to have learnt something under late Mrs Jennifer Kapoor and Late Gaby Kapoor ..Sunita Malgaonkar later Mrs Andre Kapoor Timki Singh , Anne Gracias ,, and Lorraine Rhubottom..
So many memories moments and all attached to a sewing machine of Time ,,, learning about fashion from Renuka Batliwala at her store next to Treasures of India Dhanraj Mahal learning French at the Alliance with Alain Ficat..
Understanding the life times of Leybourne Callaghan Callaghan of India , Mr Rusi Karanjia giving him fittings at Framroze Court , his safaris were exclusively made by my Dad.
And one incident pertaining to my Dad ..He had a chela Govind , Govind made a mistake or something they say my Dad put a hot iron on his back... this was Guru Chela parampara I was very small but later Govind became Govind Master of Colaba and I meet his son when I pass my old house Jony Castle at Wodehouse Road.
I made suits for Mr Dhirubhai Ambani dressed in white dhoti and he once asked me why I wore Dhotis I answered that the Dhoti was the beginning of Fashion and when time comes to go they wrap you in a dhoti too.. he smiled ..
So the sewing machine has not left me there is one at home which I gave my wife a Singer bought in 1988..
And there are many tailoring stories many chapters , they refuse to leave me ,,, Devanand Rajesh Khanna ...and many others ..
Gujarat es, después de Maharashtra, el estado más industrializado de la India. Localizado al oeste del país, tiene frontera con Pakistán al noroeste y limita con el estado de Rajastán al norte.
Su capital es la ciudad de Gandhinagar, una ciudad planificada cerca de Ahmedabad, antigua capital del estado y centro comercial de Gujarat. Convertido en estado el 1 de mayo de 1960, se ha convertido en una de las zonas de mayor crecimiento económico del país.
En este estado nacieron dos de los principales líderes de la independencia de la India: Mahatma Gandhi y Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.