A STUDY ON ECONMIC LIFE AND ECOTOURISM OF DIDAYI : A PRIMITIVE TRIBE OF ODISHA

SUBHASHREE NAYAK

Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2016

A STUDY ON ECONMIC LIFE AND ECOTOURISM OF DIDAYI : A PRIMITIVE TRIBE OF ODISHA

Subhashree Nayak

Abstract :

The economic life of the Didayi’s and their development directly and indirectly revolves round the forest. The forest provides them food, fuel and materials for construction of houses. The Didayi’s collect different varieties of mushrooms, green leaves, tubers, roots, stems, flowers, fruits, seeds, mango, kernels etc from the forest in their respective growing seasons. During the period many of them depend on the forest. In the summer months they depend on jackfruits, mango and tubers and in the early rainy season they eat mango,kernels and bamboo shoots along with several green leaves and mushrooms. Collection of lac, gum,honey, hill oom, fiber, leaf for preparation of cups and plates are occasional works, which fetch some cash to the Didayi’s..