3. INTRODUCTION
The life of people Developed
through the continuous efforts they
made to make the land cultivate
with the sincere co –operation and
solidarity of the people in the
construction of bund in draining of
land, they could make the land rich
in agricultural
4. FISHING
Fish is one of the essential
edible items of kuttanad
people. Each and every
family used to catch fish from
their own pond and canals.
When the used to get good
catch.
5. GOOSE REARING
Growing Duck in the swamp and
canal was another occupation of
the Kuttanad people. Once the
harvest was over the, these Ducks,
were brought to the paddy field. In
the paddy field after harvest, there
used to be the spilled grains of
paddy and fish. This was the food
for Duck.
6. COLLECTING SHELLS
In several places of kuttanad,
People used to dip in to the canal
to collect shells. There are two
types of shells in this area: White
and black. The outer of the white
shells was used for making cement.
This can be seen in places like
kumarakom.
7. COIR MAKING
Immersing the coconut husk in to
the backwater soaking it to
become soft and then beating it
nicely to make coir is also
another occupation in this area.
8. CONCLUSION
We have now understood
human beings made use of
nature in making their live hood.
We have learned in the chapter
how people of kuttanad built their
making use of the backwater
land of the region.
