Context:
8 products used by Assam tribe, including traditional food items, granted GI tag.
GI Products:
- 3 variants of fermented rice-based alcoholic beverage – ‘Bodo Jou Gwran’, ‘Maibra Jou Bidwi’ and ‘Bodo Jou Gishi’
- Bodo Napham – A dish prepared with fermented fish.
- Bodo Ondla – A rice powder curry flavoured with garlic, ginger, salt, and alkali.
- Bodo Gwkha – Locally also known as ‘Gwka Gwkhi’
- Bodo Narzi – A semi-fermented food prepared with jute leaves
- Bodo Aronai – A small, beautiful cloth
Bodos:
- Single largest community among the notified Scheduled Tribes in Assam.
- Part of the larger umbrella of Bodo-Kachari group
- Constitute about 5-6% of Assam’s population.
Read more about Geographical Indication (GI) Tag
Source: The Hindu
Previous Year Question
Kalamkari painting refers to:
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2015 Prelims]
(a) a hand-painted cotton textile in South India
(b) a handmade drawing on bamboo handicrafts in North-East India.
(c) a block-painted woollen cloth in Western Himalayan region of India.
(d) a hand-painted decorative silk cloth in North-Western India
Answer: (a)
