Olia

For other uses, see Olia (disambiguation).
An olia exhibited at Tribal festival Bhubaneswar

Olia is a closed vessel made up of straw or bamboo.[1] Traditionally it is used to store rice and other corns.[2] It is used in different tribal areas of Odisha and other states of India.[3][4] Primarily it is used to preserve the seeds and other corns.[5]

Construction

An Olia in Karnataka made up of Grass

First ropes are made by the straw. The ropes are tightened in such a way that it looks like round shaped and called as a Mora. Lapping one mora above another makes a round shaped vessel.

Reference

  1. ↑ Rainfed Rice: A Sourcebook of Best Practices and Strategies in Eastern India. Int. Rice Res. Inst. 2000. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-81-86789-02-5.
  2. ↑ Dasapalla (India : State) (1962). Report on the survey and settlement of Dasapalla Feudatory State during the years, 1917-1921. Printed at Sarada Press.
  3. ↑ Orissa Review. Home Department, Government of Orissa. 1977.
  4. ↑ Orissa (India). Harijan & Tribal Welfare Dept (1990). Tribes of Orissa. Harijan and Tribal Welfare Department, Government Of Orissa.
  5. ↑ Orissa (India). Orissa District Gazetteers: Cuttack. Superintendent, Orissa Government Press.
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