Manas: When their husband decides to forget their dangerous life as a hunter, the woman who lives in the villages around Manas Assam National Park must raise their traditional culinary skills to get for their families.
The journey of these women from the original Bodo community has become an example today for others.
Their decision to take work to keep the family pot boil after their husbands were brought back to the mainstream now being exhibited as a model by other community members.
These women are inside and around the Basbari range using their traditional culinary skills by offering BODO dishes to tourists who come to the famous Manas National Park, which is known for Horned Rhinos and Royal Bengal Tiger, but the initial effort was lying due to the lack of entrepreneurial skills.
Mitali G Dutta, a culinary entrepreneur, who knows about their efforts and advances to help women in relation to the wildlife world (WWF) by loaning them and helping them market.
“I started working with them in 2017 and began giving tips on how to serve dishes to customers,” Dutta said.
Women know their best dishes and no training given to cook items, but lessons are given to how much to be served, how the plate must be arranged and most importantly on pricing to make it a sustainable business model, he said.
“The Forestry Department helps us by providing our place in the Bansbari anti-hunting camp.
There are different villagers coming and establishing small food stalls,” Dutta said.
The women formed ‘gungzema kitchen’ – a company to show off traditional and authentic food and cultural culture – during the Manas Spring Festival.
Bhadri, one of the staff at Gungzema Kitchen, said that the previous survival by itself was a problem for them, but now all income and depends on yourself.
A traditional Bodo plate served by the gungzema kitchen contains around 7-8 items and is priced at Rs 500.
Other members, Sharmila said, “When tourists taste our food, they usually tell us about how they enjoy our plates.
This encourages us And make us happy! “Off-seasons are used by women to agricultural grains, vegetables and tend to poultry.