Under the twenty three series of its online exhibition, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) on Thursday exhibited 'The Traditional Dwelling Complex of Gadaba Tribe of Odisha' the livelihood and settlement patterns of the tribal and rural societies. IGRMS has been presented online with its basic information and photographs and videos.
About this exhibition, Praveen Kumar Mishra, Director, IGRMS said that, From the Tribal Habitat Open air exhibition of IGRMS the gadaba tribes of odisha presents the livelihood and settlement patterns of the tribal and rural societies.
The Gadaba’s are inhabiting on the Mountains of Southern district of Koraput in the State of Odisha. They are also found in the adjoining district of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and Bastar in Chhattisgarh. The hill ranges of this region vary its height from 1000 ft. to 3000 ft. above the sea level.
Their villages consist of one or two hamlets and pastures surrounded by forest towards the periphery. A meeting place called Sadar and a village god called Hundi are the two important places in the villages. There are three different house types found among the villages of Gadabas. The first house type called Chhendidien is the most traditional house type having a circular plan with the conical.
The second house type called Mordien is having rectangular plan with four slopped roof. The house consist of two to three adjacent rooms. The third type is a two-slopped house called Dendidien having two rooms with or without separate cow shed.