6. case studies case study :1 – marriage with traditional...
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6. CASE STUDIES
Case Study :1 – Marriage with Traditional practice
Meenatchi from Kannikannur area eloped with one boy from other community. In
olden days, the eloped girls will be punished by burning their body with hot iron rod. After
doing this, they will allow the girl to mingle with others or else they are not allowed to
mingle. But for Meenatchi they punished her with a fine of Rs.500 and arranged the marriage
with a boy named Vellankiri on 22.10.11 with the dowry of crowbar and one pot with hole,
for catching rats. After six months, again Meenatchi eloped with the previous boy. For this,
the Kollkarar (Leader) made the judgment as to burn with hot iron rod in the thigh portion but
was unwilling to show it to the investigator. Now Meenatchi is living with Vellankiri.
Plate :6.1 Marriage with crowbar and a pot with hole as dowry
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Case Study :2 – Cave as their Dowry
Valli (67 yrs) lived with her husband and her son in the cave of Beemankattu area. After his
son’s marriage she gave the cave as marriage gift for his son, left the cave and started living
in the hut near the cave. Her daughter in law Priya(19 yrs) is now living in the cave with her
husband and child. Many insects and snakes are coming inside of the cave. But they are not
worried about it. Now Priya is a member of self help group named ‘Sri Jothi Irular’, thereby
rotating money for her family expenses. Previously she found it very difficult to run the
family. Now with the help of SHG, she was able to obtain Rs.3000 as loan and started
rotating the amount for her expenses.
Plate: 6.2 Cave - Front and Inside view
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Case SStudy : 3 – Traditional Pracctice to reemove imppotential
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– Traditi
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rl baby. Her
maruthuva
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time. Rakku suggested intake of sesame , palm candy and papaya which helped her in
attaining puberty shortly.
Case Study :5 – Self improvement by SHG
Poomari(46 yrs) form Mallapadi mentioned that her husband had left her at the age of 29 and
started living with an other lady. She has 3 children and her occupation is selling fire wood.
Now she is in Self Help Group and earning Rs.1000/month. During the evening time she
drinks alcohol with her children. In this area, after 6’o clock, the family members used to sit
together and consume alchohol and entertain themselves.
Case Study : 6 – Role of Self Help Group
Bandamma(28 yrs) is having four children and her husband left her without giving money for
their maintanence. Now she has become a member of “Byralingam” – Self Help Group at
Kodegere village. Now she is familiar with maintaining records, getting loans and repaying it,
17 women participated in this Self Help Group. In this SHG they are providing health care
and education to improve their nutritional status.
Table 6.1
Other cultural practices followed by them from the personal interview of
Maruthuvatchi( person who gives medicine)
Disorders/Disease Medicines
Maruthuvatchi Velayee from Javukku pallam
1 To reduce blood sugar lever and arthritis Sirukurijan leaf
(One leaf/day)
2 To reduce impotential of male/female Goose berry
3 To reduce over/irregular bleeding Keelanelli paste with goat milk
should be given in empty
stomach
Maruthuvatchi Rakku from Poomalai nagar
1 To get conceive Umblical of other new born
baby will be swallowed
2 To eliminate the wastage during delivery Raw Easan Roots will be
given
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3 For Easy delivery Cumin seeds, Asefoetida
paste- 2 balls will be given on
due date
Maruthuvatchi Parvatham from Beemankattu
1. To reduce Piles 1.Tortoise flesh will be roasted
with sesame seeds and given
2.Tortoise shell will be roasted
in direct flame and the fumes
will be focused on the piles
area.
3.Snail flesh will be eaten
Maruthuvatchi Kunapoovathy from Kollapalli
1 As soon as the baby born Castor oil with palm Jaggery
paste will be given to remove
the wastage swallowed by the
baby during delivery.
2 Ninth day of delivery Garlic skin, onion skin, neem
leaves, ettathalai, avunjal &
nitichithalai are put together in
water and make the woman to
get bath in the water
4 To regularize the Menstruation period Plumbago zeylanica Linn
(Chithramoolaver) – Grind the
root and swallow the paste in
empty stomach.
5 To remove the blood clot in eyeball Justica tranquevariensis
(Thavasi murungai) – add salt
with this extract and apply it
on the eyeball
6 To increase the immunity power Solanum americanum
(manathakkali) – remove the
seeds by bounding and rinsed
with water, use it for preparing
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sambhar.
7 To increase the immunity power Celosia argentea(pannaikeerai)
– Prepare gravy by adding
dhal
8 To reduce white discharge Enicostema littorale (vellaruki)
– Make a paste and swallow it.
9 To reduce boils Amoora
canarana(Amukkalamkilangu)
– smear castor oil on the
surface of the leaves, heat it
gently and place it on the boil.
10 To reduce the Ear pain Ocimum Basilicum Linn –
(Thiruneer pathirikai) extract
will be used.
11 For insect bite Adothoda vasica
(Aadumuttanthalai)- Grind it
and swallow the paste or chew
12 To reduce cold and improve immunity Ocimum tenuiflorum
(Thulasi) – chew it/swallow
the extract.
13 To reduce ulcer in the Mouth( Chielosis), Sore throat Jatropha Curcas Linn (Kattu
Amanakku) – Make the
powder and use it for brushing
the teeth.
14 Consume to control hunger when food become scarce
in the forest
Cissus Quadrangularis(Kalli
Mulliyan)
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SOME OF THE HERBS USED BY TRIBES
Plumbago zeylanica Linn Justica tranquevariensis Solanum americanum
Celosia argentea Enicostema littorale Amoora canarana
Ocimum Basilicum Linn. Adothoda vasica Ocimum tenuiflorum
Cissus Quadrangularis. Jatropha Curcas Linn.
Plate: 6.4 Traditional Herbs