ikdmlogo Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor, March 2000


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Women and dryland post-harvesting practices in Tamil Nadu, India - Photos

by S. Parvathi, K. Chandrakandan and C. Karthikeyan

Photos

Threshing by using a wooden stick.
1 Threshing by using a wooden stick.
Photo: S. Parvathi

Woman using a koottupalagai to heap the threshed produce together.
2 Woman using a koottupalagai to heap the threshed produce together.
Photo: S. Parvathi

Winnowing the grains (of black gram and/or millets) by taking them in a solavu, winnower, and drop the grains from a a step like structure called kokkali thus separating dusts from the grains
3 Winnowing the grains (of black gram and/or millets) by taking them in a solavu, winnower, and drop the grains from a a step like structure called kokkali thus separating dusts from the grains
Photo: S. Parvathi

Salladai, sieves, used to clean the threshed grains of black gram and/or millets.
4 Salladai, sieves, used to clean the threshed grains of black gram and/or millets.
Photo: S. Parvathi

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