Travels With Sheila’s number one sight anywhere in India? Watching people walking along the road carrying something on their heads; whether it was men, women, or children (always expected to do their share)…View image. They carried flat pans filled with animal dung shaped into patties for fuel that I can’t even imagine how it was lifted onto their heads; bags, aluminum vessels, wood, grains, water, laundry. It saddened me watching the daily ritual; walking to a water supply with empty jugs…View image, and then returning with filled, and extremely heavy pots, day in, day out…
- Each tribe wore their own distinctive jewelry (unless they felt a “change of jewelry” was in order). Women in the Bawa Tribe wore coin necklaces…View image.
- Rom-Rom is used for hello, goodbye, and thank you.
- Different tribes do not intermarry.
- Garbage littering roads in India has nothing to do with a tribal village. Their houses, courtyards and compounds were uniformly immaculate.
- Everyone wanted photos taken; mothers with their baby, single men and even groups. All were eager to pose…View image.
- Tribal people invest their money in jewelry, land and animals. The government gives tribal grants for homes and pays unployment; a minimum of 120 Rupees a day for 100 days.
- The Grasia Tribe were recognizable because jackets had their names embroidered on them.
- Rabari men wear gathered pants.
- You must have permits to visit the tribal areas north of Bhuj. Since government rules constantly change, come prepared with extra passport size photos in case they are needed.
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