Traditional Use of Domestic Animals among Pardhan Tribes of Chhindwara District of Madhya Pradesh, India
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Pardhan community, Domestic, Agriculture, Livestock, Nature, ConservationAbstract
Present Ethnozoological study highlights the conservation of domestic animals reared by Pardhan community in Bicchua block of Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh. Field study was conducted with Pardhan people with the help of semi structured questionnaire survey. 20 Pardhan people provided information of different ethnomedicinal and other purposes of domestic animals. The results shows that there are 18 domestic animals used in 39 ailments (like weakness, diabetes, cough, cold, tuberculosis, paralysis, fit, asthma, constipation, eye disease, cancer, ulcer, sun stroke, hair growth, drug addiction etc.) and more other purposes. Domestic animals are very important in rural life. Pardhan have rich knowledge of their livestock and emotionally attached with them. In this area there are no any documented literature of their knowledge is available so, this study aims to proper documentation of traditional knowledge of Pardhan community and their livestock.
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