Jharkhand villagers remove pathalgadi
Thursday - July 19, 2018 10:48 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Ranchi July 19 (IANS) Nearly a year after they put up pathalgadi as a mark of protest villagers of Chituram in Khuti district of Jharkhand on Thursday removed the monolith and maintained they had been misled.
The villagers pledged in the presence of area officials to work in tandem with the administration for the development of the area.
Pathalgadi is an age-old tradition of the tribals wherein they erect monoliths in the name of their ancestors on village borders.
The tribals in Khuti had started using pathalgadi as a form of protest against the government of India by setting up parallel administration.
Before removing the pathalgadi stone under the supervision of village head Ashok Munda the villagers performed traditional rituals and organised a feast in which all participated.
On July 12 a gram sabha was held wherein villagers decided on the removal of the stone and informed the district authorities.
Munda said that nobody forced them to remove pathalgadi put up on June 11 2017. He said that they were mislead by outsiders.
--IANS ns/tsb/sed
The villagers pledged in the presence of area officials to work in tandem with the administration for the development of the area.
Pathalgadi is an age-old tradition of the tribals wherein they erect monoliths in the name of their ancestors on village borders.
The tribals in Khuti had started using pathalgadi as a form of protest against the government of India by setting up parallel administration.
Before removing the pathalgadi stone under the supervision of village head Ashok Munda the villagers performed traditional rituals and organised a feast in which all participated.
On July 12 a gram sabha was held wherein villagers decided on the removal of the stone and informed the district authorities.
Munda said that nobody forced them to remove pathalgadi put up on June 11 2017. He said that they were mislead by outsiders.
--IANS ns/tsb/sed
