in Kutch have different religious,
different occupations and different
beliefs, but they are one as Kutchis.
Through their culture they remain
together. Almost all people of Kutch
believe in Brahmans and start any
new work, on the advice of Brahman.
If anyone breaks rule of its community
is severely punished. And if injustice
happens, they won't hesitate to fight
against it. Kutchis can give their
lives to fulfil their promise.
a new village is established or a
place is bought for new building,
in Kutch, the people so Puja of that
land. After the puja only, they start
building new buildings. They also
do puja by Brahmin when farmers buy
new farm or buy cows. In Kutch's culture
they also worship and so puja of trees
like banyan, pipal, and Tulsi. They
also worship cows and snakes.
every part of Kutch, you come across
the cremated stones called 'Palia'
that are the symbol of bravery of
the people around that area. Here
they protect women and if any problems
or crisis occurs, then they mostly
solved with the help of their elders
instead of going in court. In many
casts of Kutch, cattle are more important
than education. There is religion
in the base of Kutchi culture. People
keep fasts on many religious days
and festivals. They also feed cows
on such occasions. Many people in
Kutch believe in ghosts and supernatural
beings. If somebody falls sick without
any particular reason then they go
to phycic for help.
Kutch we find many places and
buildings that are the examples
of local cultures and artistry.
It includes religious places,
forts, God and Goddesses' place,
In religious places, Lakhpat's Pir
Gosh Mahommad's Kuba and Lakhpat's
Pir's dargah are the examples of art
and it also dipicted in Nakhatrana's
Vadi Medi . Lakhpat's fort is also
an example of an artistic architecture.
Bhuj's Bhjiya Hill's fort is built
for the protective reasons. There
is also artistic work done in the
contrast to Dargahs and forts and
other religious places, the Sthanks
of God and Goddesses' are quiet simple.
With these Sthanks wells are also
connected. Mata's Madh's architecture
is similar to that of well with stairs.
Jakkhas' places are built on high
hills or on a high terrace and their
statues are made along with their
horses. In every village of Kutch
we find Kuldevi's Deris and that are
built for the protection of the village.
the West Side of any village
resides Hanuman's Deri and out
of village we find Vachradada's
Sthanaks. At the entrance we
find Nagdev's Deri. Among Dargahs,
Hajipir's dargah is very famous.
Other is Murdapir's Dargah.
In old times when Kings died,
they used to build their Chatardis.
civilizations and their architectures
of houses are also very different
and artistic. There are basically
3 kinds of habitats. First is Maldharis'
habitat; second is farmers' habitat,
have huts made out of clay with the
help of bamboo. These huts are made
in such a way that it keeps it cool
in summer and protects it from rain
and cold. There huts' ceilings are
made out of bamboo and artistically
designed. Farmers' architecture is
like any little village. They have
lanes and their houses on the side
of the lanes. They call their houses
"Delis". In Banni and farmers'
habitat, the architecture of kitchen
is almost similar. They are artistic
and well defined. Fishermen's habitats
have their houses built in sands that
they call "Dhango". Kharva,
Bhdalas, and Muslims Vadheros resides
main feature of Kutchi culture is
tattoo. Kutchi women of Banni, Harijan,
Aahir, Rabari, Bhunashli casts have
tattoos done on their hands, on the
back side of palm, between their eye
brows, neck, chest, legs, etc. They
tattoo any kinds of shapes and figures.
feature of Kutchi culture is its musical
instruments. Dhol is a kind of an
instrument like drum that has an important
place in the culture. They are used
for many reasons and in many events
like fairs, wars, in announcing a
public meeting, etc. There are also
instruments that are used in religious
songs called Bhjans like Ramsagar,
Zaz-Pakhvaj, Manjira and Dholak. Maldharis
have their own kinds of musical instruments
like Morchang, Nalvadan and Algoza
Kutch the painter is called
"Kamangar" and the
painting is called "Kamagari".
In this type of artistry they
paint walls with brushes made
out of Khajuri's leaves. Instead
of boring life of everyday people
here have artistic features
in every aspect of their lives
like their houses, their clothes
aspects and features of Kutch keeps
the culture alive