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Sundorbon onchole kakra dhoray nijukto jonogosthir oitijygoto gyan, lokobiswas-sonskar O artho samajik obosthar porichoy
Authors: Apurba Roy,Dr.Sujay Kumar Mandal
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Sundarban is the largest mangrove delta in the world. The one third of the total Sundarban is within India. There are 44,56,259 people live in nineteen blocks. In India, Sundarban have 106 deltas. Till now, there is no electricity in several areas. The people who live in coastal areas (nearby Sundarban) are engaged in several professions like honey collection, fishing, catching crabs and shrimps, cutting woods. The people, who are engaged in these professions, are applying their traditional knowledge in their job. Among those professions, the crab hunting is the most important job, which is entirely based on traditional knowledge. The people, who are involved in this profession is called ‘Crab Hunter’. In this profession people apply three procedures to collect crabs. Many people of this profession are taking written permission from the forest department to go for crab hunting in the forest. They know that they have no guarantee of returning home after their crab hunting in the river because death follows them in every step. Instead of knowing, that they go to the forest for crab hunting. We will discuss the traditional process of crab hunting, socio-economic status and folk beliefs of these people related to this type of traditional profession.
Keywords: Crab Hunting or Catching, Don, Thobga, Gartotara, Banabibi, Chapan, Traditional Knowledge.