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salt farming in Kutch (salt farmers (community (health (skin lesions, eye…

- - - - transferring to salt pans
        
        preparation of levered salt pans
        
        salt extraction
        
        washing and drying
        
        grinding
        
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  - - - Their staple food is bajri no rotlo (millet roti) and mag ni dal (green whole moong), washed down with buttermilk.
  - - - Scheduled Caste tribes
    - - The tribe derives its name from the word agar, meaning salt farms
      - native place
        
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      - language
        
        hindi
        
        Chhattisgarhi.
        
        Agariya language
    - - involved in farming and household activities
      - male dominating society
    - - skin lesions
      - eye problems
      - tuberculosis
      - abnormally with thin legs
      - death due to toxic gases
    - - study says that co-existance of salt pan workers and wild ass, locally known as 'ghudkas' is another good example of community based conservation.
    - - An interesting ritual associated with this community is that the feet of agariya people are burnt separately.
        
        Since they are standing continuously in salt fields ,their feet get wounded and salt get absorbed in the feet.