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Nicobari Hodi Craft
November 25 , 2022
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- Andaman & Nicobar filed its first application for the Geographical Indication tag for the Nicobari hodi craft.
- The hodi is the Nicobari tribe’s traditional craft.
- It is an outrigger canoe, very commonly operated in the Nicobar group of islands.
- The technical skills for building a hodi are based on indigenous knowledge inherited by the Nicobarese from their forefathers.
- The hodi is built using either locally available trees or from nearby islands, and its design varies slightly from island to island.
- Hodi are used for transporting people and goods from one island to another, [for] sending coconuts, [for] fishing and racing purposes.
- An application seeking GI tag for the Banaras’ thandai (a beverage made with milk, dry fruits and spices) was the 1,000th application in Chennai GI office.
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