Brief story of Bote

Bote is marginalized ethnic group of Nepal they belongs to bhot-burmese family. They have two sub division between them’’ Pakho bote’’ and ‘’Paani Bote’’ .There is an interesting story in the coinage of the name pakho Bote pakho means land in Nepali whereas Paani means water . There were two Bote brothers in an ancient time where they had a dispute where to settle for their occupation . So they separated from eachother one moved towards the land is called pakho Bote and the other moved towards riverside called Paani Bote . Pani bote is engaged in animal husbandry farming ,whereas Pani bote is engaged in boating fishing and gold panning

Pakho bote women engaged in handicraft making

Bote heriditary occupation of Fishing and Boating came into extinction

Development is the urgency of the current era ,but development has a harsh impact upon paani Bote who used to survive by boating and the development of infrastructure cost them heavy.

Bote the issue of Inclusion in political mainstream.

Bote people are politically, educationally socio-economically backwarded .They are marginalized from political mainstream and women has to face lots of burden. This is the 21st century where every individual seeks their identity and the wretched condition of the old haggard bote is the sordid example of their pathetic condition.

Women are facing domestic violence and confine within corners of walls.

The interviewee Phul maya Bote describing the harshness of patriarchal system in their Bote society women are considered as inferior and donot get involve in decision making in their respective home. They donot have private property and has to face domestic violence and brutal beating from their males

Pani Bote fishing instruments.

Pakho Bote storage of grains and means of irrigation.

BOTE AND THEIR RITUALS

BOTE  ARE OF  TWO MAJOR TYPES PAKHOBOTE, WHO LIVES IN LANDSIDE AND PANI BOTE WHO, LIVES NEARSIDE OF RIVER. MAJOR FESTIVALS BAISAKH PURNIMA IS THE BIGGEST FESTIVAL FOR BOTE PEOPLE.NEXT IS BAJE BAJAI POOJA NEXT IS AITABARE JHANKRI AND BHAYER.THEY CELABRATE AS THE HINDU RITUALS THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BOTE PRIEST FOR THIS CEREMONY.THEY HAVE TO MARRY UNDER SAME CAST SYSTEM.THEY BELIVE NATURE AS A GOD AND HAVE DIFFERENT CULTURAL IDENTITIES.

bote fishing in madi river

bote man fishing in the river and works hard for living through fishing this is the heriditery occupation of these people round tanahun.

child labour the identity of illiteracy

bote the ethnic minorities are morever illeterate and regarding their children child labour has been found in a high rate they instead of going schools go for hose hold works.so we tried to reveal this tragedy through medias.

our tanahun map

Tanahun is located in the western part of nepal it is the land of various cultural identities .so various heterogeneous cast subcast ethnic group can be find out with their traditional culture.

RALLY RECENTLY OBSERVED IN WORLD INDIGENOUS DAY IN TANAHUN

people moving on rally during the world indigenous day in tanahun.we can see their cultural identity in their own custums .so it was really fascinating to observe.we can perceive thier own commitment to seek for their rights.

BOTE PEOPLE WORKING HARD FOR LIVING

Here we see bote people contructing home for making money to live they have to work hard to join hand to mouth.So we have to do something to uplift their living standard hope in future they will be able to live happily if we conscious people show some pity towards them.So this lively picture speaks the entire sorrow of theirs.

help for extinction bote group from tanahun nepal.

we group of sociology student from tanahun the western part of nepal,so we are interested on bote people the poor ethnic group so we want to help them being a rational bachelor degree student.They are in endanger postion for extinction of their primitive culture.Well known global food crisis is the next threat for them to get survive without cultivavle land for food.

BOTE OLD HAGGARD BLAMES ACCULTURATION IS THE MEANS OF MOTHER TONGUE LANGUAGE EXTINCT

This vedio clip is a interview with old bote man is saying" teseriaina toso" which means" why are you here?" and the interviewer asks do you know more about bote language the old man replies we use to but in new generation they donot speak. speaking ownself does not matter at all so iam also forgetting it day by day.