Tribes always coexist with nature. Their social lives revolve around the natural world, which they adore in all of its components. They make the best use of those aspects in their daily lives while also preserving them.
Lanjia Saura, one of Odisha’s oldest tribes, is from the Rayagada district’s Gunupur block and has a fascinating love affair with stones. These aboriginal tribes inhabiting the Puttasingh, Shagada, Abada, and Talana regions live entirely off of stones. Their daily lives and social interactions now cannot be imagined without the use of stones.
In those steep regions where the prehistoric cultures have lived for ages, nothing but stones and more stones could be seen. Everything in those areas was built by the tribal people out of stone, and because of their beautiful splendor, tourists frequently mistake them for Shimla or Darjeeling.
The tribal people have built the borders of their territory with stones in addition to their homes. In order to prevent soil erosion and for irrigation purposes, they have also employed stones in the best way possible. The tribal way of life in these regions, which is intrinsic to stone, frequently draws a sizable number of tourists.
Since ancient times, we have built hour dwellings out of both little and large stones. In these hilly terrain, brickmaking is not possible. However, there are plenty of stones here. As a result, we have used it to our advantage to use stones to create the borders of our lands for irrigation needs and to stop soil erosion, a local resident named Sambara Dalabehera said to a media house.
The Lanjia Saora tribe also like constructing sturdy walls around their homes from both small and large stones. Additionally, they use stones to create fencing that they use to dry the various items they gather from the forest. The stone barrier protects them and their goods from wild animal attacks.
