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Recently, the Uttar Pradesh government has started a new scheme to put Tharu villages on the tourism map, and to create jobs and bring economic independence to the tribal population.

A brief note on the scheme

  • The U.P government is working to connect Tharu villages in the districts of Balrampur, Bahraich, Lakhimpur and Pilibhit bordering Nepal, with the home stay scheme of the UP Forest Department. 
  • The idea is to offer tourists an experience of living in the natural Tharu habitat, in traditional huts made of grass collected mainly from the forests.
  • With this scheme, Tharu homeowners will be able to charge tourists directly for the accommodation and home-cooked meals.

About Tharu tribe

  • They live in both India and Nepal. In the Indian Terai, they live mostly in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar
  • Tharu community belongs to the Terai lowlands, amid the Shivaliks or lower Himalayas. 
  • Most of them are forest dwellers and some practice agriculture. 
  • The word tharu is believed to be derived from sthavir, meaning followers of Theravada Buddhism.
  • They represent the biggest chunk of U.P’s tribal population

Their language

  • Tharu tribes speak various dialects of Tharu, a language of the Indo-Aryan subgroup, and variants of Hindi, Urdu, and Awadhi. 
  • In central Nepal, they speak a variant of Bhojpuri, while in eastern Nepal, they speak a variant of Maithili.

Food system

  • The Tharu people survive on wheat, corn and vegetables grown close to their homes.
  • Most Tharu tribals consume alcoholic beverages, and some eat beef. 
  • Major items on the Tharu plate are bagiya or dhikri  which is a steamed dish of rice flour that is eaten with chutney or curry and ghonghi, an edible snail that is cooked in a curry made of coriander, chili, garlic, and onion.

Culture and customs

  • They worship Lord Shiva as Mahadev, and call their supreme being “Narayan”, who they believe is the provider of sunshine, rain, and harvests. 
  • Tharu women have stronger property rights than is allowed to women in mainstream North Indian Hindu custom.
Source: The Indian Express
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