2013, Issue 4, Volume 5

TRADITIONAL FISH DRYING AND STORAGE TECHNIQUES USED BY THE TRIBAL’S OF BASTAR REGION (CHHATTISGARH)

Ajay Banik

Sos in forestry and wildlife, Bastar Vishwavidyalaya, Jagdalpur (C.G.)

ajaybanik07@gmail.com

Abstract: Traditionally fishing has been the one of the core of subsistence life throughout most of the tribal’s of Bastar region. Tribal’s depend mainly on the food products available naturally from the forests for their survival and living, fishes are one of the main food product in their diet. Investigations are described to show the traditional fish drying and storage practices used by the tribal’s of Bastar region.

Keywords:Bastar, Chulla, Jungle, Mongri, Sukuwa, Traditionally, Tribal’s

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