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00:00In Makar Sankranti, just like there is a demand for Chura, Dahi, Gud and Tilkut, there is also a demand for this Muri or Murmure.
00:20The story of this Murmure is related to Giridhi, to Giridhi's Matrukha Panchayat.
00:26We will take you to Matrukha and show you how Muri has been made in a traditional way and how the people here are now disappointed with this business.
00:39After all, what was the compulsion that the women here do not want to pay much attention to the Muri business.
00:48Sabya Devi is doing the work of making Murmure in a wooden pot and mud pot.
00:56Sabya, who has reached the age of about 70, is still enthusiastic about her work and has the ability to make Muri with 20 kilos of rice in a day.
01:09Since when have you been making Muri?
01:11Since 20 years.
01:12Are you doing it or do other people in the village also do it?
01:16Other women do it.
01:25How much did you make before?
01:2724 kilos.
01:28In one day?
01:29In one day.
01:30If you make it with a machine, won't it cause any harm?
01:34Yes, it is good.
01:37Similarly, the aged Sagori Devi is also making Muri in the barn behind the house.
01:44Sabya Sagori is from the Matrukha village of Giridi.
01:49This panchayat is an example of women's empowerment.
01:53In fact, dozens of women from Matrukha and Mahatoti villages of this panchayat have worked to make Muri of rice.
02:01This work has been going on here for years.
02:06How do you make it?
02:07We get the rice from the shop.
02:09Then we boil it in water.
02:11Then we let it dry by adding salt.
02:13Then it dries.
02:14Then we boil it with sugar for an hour.
02:17Then we roast it.
02:19How much can you sell now?
02:22About 8 kilos.
02:24In a week?
02:25Yes.
02:26When Makar Sankranti used to come, there was more demand for it.
02:29Yes.
02:30Is it more now or was it more before?
02:32It was more before.
02:33Along with the women of the village, the men of this village also make Muri and sell it in the market.
02:40The women and men of this village educated their children with this work.
02:45They got married and prepared for jobs from other jobs.
02:50But now there are problems.
02:53The difference is that the mill has opened in front of us.
02:58They make it in this quantity.
03:01They sell it at a low price.
03:04We make it little by little.
03:06The price of rice increases.
03:08The sales have decreased.
03:10That's why we leave it.
03:11Sometimes we take it.
03:12If someone asks for it, we take it.
03:13We can't supply it.
03:15There is coal, wood.
03:16We can't get wood.
03:17The cost of coal is high.
03:19How much did you make before?
03:21In a week, we used to make 30 to 40 kilos.
03:25And now?
03:26Now 8 kilos.
03:27Muri is a business.
03:29We married two girls and a boy.
03:32We ploughed the land.
03:36We increased the land.
03:40We built a house.
03:44We married a boy and a girl.
03:46Now Muri is running.
03:48It's like a machine.
03:53In Giridi's Matrukha and Mahatodi,
03:56Muri has been prepared in a traditional way.
04:00The taste of Muri made on wood fire is unique.
04:04However, over time,
04:07Muri has been made from machines in many places.
04:11Flammability has become expensive.
04:13In this way, this business has been directly affected.
04:17The situation is that the Matrukha and Mahatodi village
04:20where more than 300 women used to work
04:24has been restricted.
04:27Now only women of 100 families are doing this work.
04:31How many families used to make Muri in the Matrukha village?
04:37At least 290 houses.
04:40What is the situation now?
04:42Now the situation is that there is no wood.
04:44There is no farming.
04:46Because of that, there is less.
04:48There is a big difference.
04:50It is difficult to get rice and wood.
04:52It is difficult to make it by hand.
04:54It is cheaper to make it with a machine.
04:56It is not available in this market.
04:58What is the taste of Muri?
05:00It is home-made.
05:02How many families are there now?
05:04At least 50 families.
05:06Earlier it was 200 families.
05:08Now it is Mahatodi.
05:10Is there any Matrukha nearby?
05:12Yes, there is a Matrukha nearby.
05:14It is the same in Matrukha.
05:16It is the same in Matrukha.
05:18There are 50 houses in Matrukha.
05:20So 100 women are doing this work?
05:22Yes, 100 women are doing this work.
05:24Asthaniya Mukhiyar Ravindra Mandal says
05:26that the demand for Muri in this village
05:28is in many districts nearby.
05:30It is a traditional crop.
05:32The breakfast of most of the people
05:34living in Jharkhand and Bengal
05:36starts with this Muri.
05:38But now this business
05:40needs to be saved.
05:42Muri's story
05:44started before my birth.
05:46My grandfather
05:48used to tell me
05:50about this.
05:52My grandfather used to say
05:54that his mother
05:56sold him Muri and taught him.
05:58After teaching him,
06:00he became a well-known teacher
06:02in Baniyadek
06:04and retired from there.
06:06I think that most of the people
06:08who belong to the Mandal
06:10or Shundi
06:12have the same story.
06:14All the women
06:16work hard
06:18day and night
06:20to make Muri.
06:22They make it and still make it.
06:24They work hard
06:26to make Muri
06:28in wood fire.
06:30The taste of Muri
06:32is used
06:34by everyone.
06:36But
06:38the modernization
06:40that is happening
06:42is affecting
06:44the traditional
06:46means of
06:48employment.
06:50People are
06:52disappointed
06:54that people
06:56are using
06:58the same Muri
07:00and they are facing problems.
07:02I would like to
07:04request the government
07:06that the traditional
07:08Muri
07:10that is made
07:12in wood fire
07:14should encourage
07:16such women
07:18so that
07:20their livelihood
07:22can improve.
07:24The Muri
07:26that is made
07:28in Matrukha Panchayat
07:30is very tasty
07:32because it is made
07:34in wood fire.
07:36People are
07:38getting rid of
07:40this industry
07:42due to the lack of benefits.
07:44If the government
07:46encourages such women
07:48then the Muri
07:50that is made
07:52in Matrukha
07:54can definitely
07:56make the name of the state proud.
07:58Amarna Sinha, ETB Bharat,
08:00Giri D.