Dress
It is one of the essential things in the life of any people. On the dress code we can identify the persons region, cast etc. Dress changes with the change in situation and according to modernization.
The men and women of this tribe are all tall and strong. Men used loin cloth(Cashti) and turban (feta) on the head. Men shave their head and leave a top-knot back(possibly a later adaption of the thuft of hair that Hindu Brahmins keep). A waist cloth called rummal is loosely fashioned on a gap(silver girdle). Sometimes they wear a fidi (a shot coat) and a Pagottem or headwrap. They always carry a waist purse to carry momney, tobacco,betel nuts,betel leaves and lime with them. Men wear earings called Rajkadi, they also wear Kada or thick bangle in their Hand. The chief davo wears a small but magnificient gold earing in his upper lobe which is made up of fine gold and is exceptionally beautiful.
It is one of the essential things in the life of any people. On the dress code we can identify the persons region, cast etc. Dress changes with the change in situation and according to modernization.
The men and women of this tribe are all tall and strong. Men used loin cloth(Cashti) and turban (feta) on the head. Men shave their head and leave a top-knot back(possibly a later adaption of the thuft of hair that Hindu Brahmins keep). A waist cloth called rummal is loosely fashioned on a gap(silver girdle). Sometimes they wear a fidi (a shot coat) and a Pagottem or headwrap. They always carry a waist purse to carry momney, tobacco,betel nuts,betel leaves and lime with them. Men wear earings called Rajkadi, they also wear Kada or thick bangle in their Hand. The chief davo wears a small but magnificient gold earing in his upper lobe which is made up of fine gold and is exceptionally beautiful.
Food
Food mostly means nourishment, subsistence,nutrient diet,etc which is the most essential thing in every living life small or big. Food is also one of instincts of human life. Food is the only thing which keeps living along with water. The staple food of Goa is said to be fish,curry and rice.
Dhangars are non-vegetarian and they take fish, meat of goats,sheep.fowl,deer,hare etc. But they do not eat beef and pork. Since they do not have good agricultural lands,they produce millets (Ragi) and Jowar in their lands which lie under the foothills mostly covered by laterite soil. So, the Ragi is their staple food crop. The men mostly take liquor prepared from molasses; women take it generally on festive and cremonial occasions. They usually do not prepare it at home. Both men and women( mostly aged) smoke bidi. They drink tea without milk. They earn money by selling milk. During the lean season, they sometimes eat roots,tubers,leafy vegetables and fruits collected from the forests. They usually do not use any oil as the cooking medium, but coconut is used for preparation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. They do not take cooked food and water from the Chamars, Mahars,Parits (dhobis), Mhalos(Barbers) Christian and Muslims. Ambil which is made up of Nachni flour and fermented overnight with curds, is the staple breakfast drink of Dhangars of Goa.
Food mostly means nourishment, subsistence,nutrient diet,etc which is the most essential thing in every living life small or big. Food is also one of instincts of human life. Food is the only thing which keeps living along with water. The staple food of Goa is said to be fish,curry and rice.
Dhangars are non-vegetarian and they take fish, meat of goats,sheep.fowl,deer,hare etc. But they do not eat beef and pork. Since they do not have good agricultural lands,they produce millets (Ragi) and Jowar in their lands which lie under the foothills mostly covered by laterite soil. So, the Ragi is their staple food crop. The men mostly take liquor prepared from molasses; women take it generally on festive and cremonial occasions. They usually do not prepare it at home. Both men and women( mostly aged) smoke bidi. They drink tea without milk. They earn money by selling milk. During the lean season, they sometimes eat roots,tubers,leafy vegetables and fruits collected from the forests. They usually do not use any oil as the cooking medium, but coconut is used for preparation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. They do not take cooked food and water from the Chamars, Mahars,Parits (dhobis), Mhalos(Barbers) Christian and Muslims. Ambil which is made up of Nachni flour and fermented overnight with curds, is the staple breakfast drink of Dhangars of Goa.