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Bora Village Pathway
November 2017
Avani Society
Berinag, India
Today, the Bora are classified as an “Other Backward Class" by the Indian government, a designation used to classify castes that are socially and educationally disadvantaged. As such, they receive some benefits in the forms of schemes. However, despite these benefits, life in this remote region remains extremely challenging.
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- Title: Bora Village Pathway
- Date Created: November 2017
- Location: Uttarakhand, India
- Type: Photograph
- Photography: Emilie Thevenoz
- Community: One of the primary communities Avani works with are the Bora Kuthaliya, a small caste based in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India. The Bora have a rich heritage and tradition of cultivating and weaving hemp to create bags, rugs, and mats. However, with the government's ban on hemp cultivation in the 1980s, this practice has all but disappeared. Today, with the help of Avani, Bora communities are reviving these traditional weaving skills through new art forms, enabling them to continue making a living in their Himalayan home.
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