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Jenu Hubba - February,2005
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Description
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The first `festival' cum meeting held in Keystone was based on the theme of bees, honey and honey hunting. After the survey across the Nilgiris Biosphere reserve where we met many communities, we wanted to invite them to see our work and share their knowledge, tools and techniques amongst themselves. This was the first time many communities were seeing each other. Most were in awe of Cholanaikens, and there were Betta Kurumbas from Bandipur, Mullu Kurumbas and Kathnaickens from Wayanad. Sholiga, Alu Kurumba and Irulas from several regions were present to share their experiences. The snacks were traditional foods - the Keerai pori and honey was a favourite. Balasubramani, Krishna, L.Rajendran, P. Chandran and Murugesh played an important role in organising the event. Ajile Bottu, the art group painted their first flags for this festival.
