https://www.prabirmitra.co.uk/banished-mothers daily 0.75 2021-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1614357381616-X4VYWYIX4FKJTSMH2F0Z/1.PKM.jpg Banished Mothers - Golla Mother and Her Newborn Child A Golla woman, with her just born baby is seen being helped by a trained midwife. Presently, thanks to public health campaigns, a vast proportion of women are availing institutionalised child-births https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1614357381616-X4VYWYIX4FKJTSMH2F0Z/1.PKM.jpg Banished Mothers - Golla Mother and Her Newborn Child A Golla woman, with her just born baby is seen being helped by a trained midwife. Presently, thanks to public health campaigns, a vast proportion of women are availing institutionalised child-births https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616102688618-B5MI2YLI1OTB6D88PTE2/3.b.+DSC_0100.jpg Banished Mothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1614359498797-RDLJKXK10RXZBUVCZXL6/2.PKM.A.jpg Banished Mothers - The Human Cage The dreaded “Human Cage” is locally known as “Gudar”. At the fringe of a Golla village, a Gudar is seen lying on the backyard of a house. It was being prepared to house a mother and her new-born. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1614357391665-M2NTMRXI29344X2F8JSE/3.+PKM.jpg Banished Mothers - The Patriarch The head of the village protecting his tradition: The unfortunate mother and child, in the Gudar looks outside while the grandfather of the child, who incidentally was the head of the village was proudly protecting this unacceptable tradition instead of protecting his own daughter and grandson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1614357396500-TBU3CWM74FCP7O7DWIZJ/4.PKM.jpg Banished Mothers - The Caged Mother and Child Caged mother and son: It look a lot of effort and persuasion to be able to have a glimpse of the inside of the horrid Gudar. Limited space, no scope for light to come inside and absence of any windows (it had only one thatched "door") made it worse than a cage. The 3 days-old child and his mother were put inside as a part of Golla tradition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1614357396692-DO3T7UHXOLRMI6TZ8A8A/5.PKM.jpg Banished Mothers - Wave of Change Majority of women of the village were keen to overthrow this tradition as it was unanimously felt that it was harmful for the mother and new born child. They, at the same time, acknowledged the village leaders would not agree as there was a firm belief that this century-old tradition "protects" the mother and child by God's grace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1614357398958-ZAXIBHB0MUGGP3YBYZVA/6.PKM.jpg Banished Mothers - The Fortunate Newborn Only a handful of Golla villages had the courage to break away from their horrid tradition of banishing the mothers and new born children. They were considered as "enlightened families" as they hosted the mothers and children “in-house”. These families feared that it might take decades to bring about a desired change by getting rid of this tradition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616104579208-TUFAD9UQ79UMGQ8Z1JVB/7a.PKM.jpg Banished Mothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1614357400875-SGR9R86YMOKKX0HXWY7Q/8.PKM.jpg Banished Mothers - Women in Charge It was reassuring to see some women taking up leading roles to canvas the importance of housing a mother and her new born indoors instead of blindly following an old tradition. The conviction of such strong female personalities could be key to a long-waited change of tradition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616102690436-1FKHSLGYZIY74G7U96YW/b.DSC_7948.jpg Banished Mothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616102689493-O1AP4RF91A0OB8SJNCFX/b.DSC_9896.a.jpg Banished Mothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616102692737-HG5Q2REOOULPRL790LV3/b.DSC_0017.jpg Banished Mothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1614357404601-573VWI1ECLEHPFIVBXLG/9.PKM.jpg Banished Mothers - Educated Girl Child The Pivot of Change: It became clear from conversing with Golla villagers that they hope children’s’ education, especially a girl’s education would be the key to change. Most of them felt that with proper education a girl will become aware of basic human rights and would be able to reject any baseless fears (wrath of God)- which in turn would be the key to stop the tradition of banishing mothers and their new born children https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616102692002-NFAOYTOGO225PYAHG8FF/b.DSC_0051.jpg Banished Mothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1614357406691-H0536WRYDLL3JOS1U3Y8/10.PKM.jpg Banished Mothers - A Cherished Outcome It is a rare sight to see Gudars being thrown away from the villages. 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Modern Transportation methods of Sami People Snowmobiles and sledges are used to carry essentials as the Sami travel into the wilderness for reindeer herding in winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616254044668-EBJ8OEPG5VO7NKF8MYKR/01.+DSC_5073.jpg Sámi Culture - Modern Transportation methods of Sami People Snowmobiles and sledges are used to carry essentials as the Sami travel into the wilderness for reindeer herding in winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616254071986-1KYQHB4B8G6N7BIMUGZ3/1a.+DSC_9879.2.jpg Sámi Culture - Reindeer on the move Reindeer remain as the pivot to the lives of the Sami https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616254137339-YGEJE6HZ591N3GLPCU6Z/02.+DSC_0280.jpg Sámi Culture - Reindeer Herds Creation of smaller herds help easier finding of food under snow in a particular area and thus small size of a herd is more environmentally friendly. The herders lead their smaller herds to help find lichen under the snow more easily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616254222077-K18UMKRPE0PNO9ZGEZNC/03.+DSC_0266.jpg Sámi Culture - Sami Reindeer herder on his snowmobile The Sami use snowmobiles to control their herds in smaller groups, an essential requirement for winter grazing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616254285099-FKHNFA6VZVGCWN8DSDTS/04.+DSC_5198.jpg Sámi Culture - Pitching a Lavu The herders often have to spend nights in Lavu if they are a long way away from their town-homes. Pitching a Lavu needs experience and expertise and can be a challenge especially if the weather turns hostile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616254369791-6GBAWOY4I3FSB5MFPANR/05.+DSC_0084.jpg Sámi Culture - Sami in Norway Digging ice as a source of water can be a challenge at times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616254408065-PM1CO5MRNRMANWM5LYUI/06.+DSC_5605+copy.jpg Sámi Culture - Lasso throwing practice of the Sami Lasso throwing is an acquired skill, still used commonly by the Sami during reindeer herding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616254467034-XZTDBZV7TSYHCIF5LD4L/08.+DSC_0247d.jpg Sámi Culture - A Lavu lit by Northern Light A Lavu with fire inside and the spectacle of Northern Light outside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039206e8d281e338e2cfae7/1616254507993-ZUUXQAWNR0NAYDO2R798/07.+DSC_0212.jpg Sámi Culture - Cooking of Reindeer Meat inside Lavu Life inside a Lavu can be challenging. 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