Rauté community in crisis

 

















Jitendra Thapa. The journey from shore to shore reached Nabhishthana. Where Raute had made his abode only a short time before. It was very exciting to reach the village. The Raute community, which has been living a nomadic life around Karnali and Sudur Paschim Province, has recently started to continue its occupation.

Some women of the community were cleaning the yard. Some were busy building temporary houses. Other Route men were seen busy making various wooden materials. Route youth of the community reached the forest and carried firewood to the settlement and were relieving their fatigue. The route girl was coming towards the village with water from the nearby river on her head. The scene is Bhairavi Rural Municipality 1 Navisthan of Dailekh.

In the Raute community, who used to drink alcohol and lie here and there as soon as they reached the settlement, recently they seemed to be trying to return to their old self. The Raute community, which used to indulge in alcohol from morning till evening, has recently become more infatuated with the old profession. Chief Surya Narayan Shahi says that we will continue our old Eelam as our people lost their lives due to alcohol. Our people and we suffered a lot by drinking alcohol," Mukhiya Shahi said, "Now we and our people do not drink alcohol. We return to our profession. We also teach skills to the new youth."

Raute community, who used to go from village to village and shop shop without staying in the settlement, now they have started going to the settlements of other communities to sell goods by making various vadakudas made of wood in the settlement. Lal Bahadur Khatri, a teacher working in the Raute community, says that not long ago, the Raute community used to vacate the settlement and go to the market at noon. Earlier, everyone did not even agree to tell them not to go out," he said. "Recently, they have stopped drinking. They are busy with their work.

In about 10 years, 61 people have lost their lives in Raute settlement due to alcohol. Anami Amrita Rokay, who works in the Raute Basti, said that there are currently 142 Raute people in 40 houses of the Raute community here. Raute said that now that he is reducing the use of alcohol, he is comfortable. He said that they were motivated to start this campaign because the population of Raute is decreasing due to less food and more consumption of alcohol in the slums.

"Don't believe what I said before. Because of that, it was difficult in the settlement. Main Bahadur Shahi, the headman, says that our people do not drink alcohol now that it is better to quit than to die when people are dying. "They quit drinking because it is better to quit than to die", he said, "Now that our people have stopped drinking alcohol, Ramano Bhaya is gone."

"Don't believe what I said before. Because of that, it was difficult in the settlement. "Now our people do not drink alcohol because it is better to quit than to die after dying," says Mahamukhiya Main Bahadur Shahi. "They quit drinking because it is better to quit than to die", he said, "Now that our people have stopped drinking alcohol, Ramano Bhaya is gone."

As Mansir Purnima fell in November, he celebrated by buying all the goats and chickens and spent all the money. Now Khatri suspects that they do not drink alcohol due to lack of money.

Teacher Khatri says that after Narayan Shahi of Raute slum died after drinking alcohol in the slum, the people of Raute are getting rid of alcohol addiction. "After the death of Narayan Shahi, the Raute community has removed the addiction to alcohol," he said. He sent the money on the same November full moon. It is thought that they did not drink alcohol even after running out of money. Now if you give up alcohol, you will know that you will get money."

Khatri says that he spends on alcohol because the government will hand it over to him. "If the allowance was distributed only once a month, perhaps they would have given up alcohol forever," he said.

Now the Raute community has less money, so they are forced to make wooden materials. There is also a lack of money now. According to Khatri, if the money comes too much, he does not hesitate to make wood.

"In the middle of the festival, he worked to bring rations including goats and chickens. ran out of money Celebrating Mansir Purnima with pomp. Sankranti, Dashain and Mansir Poornima are celebrated with great pomp. Those who can afford it buy one or two goats. "Each man buys one chicken to celebrate the festival," says teacher Khatri. "After monthly allowances were given to the route chiefs, they used to buy ration allowances and spend them," he said, "but, when a lot of money came at once, they could not find a place to spend it." It is suspected that they will start drinking alcohol again.”

Khatri said that he had stopped drinking alcohol to some extent by telling them that after drinking alcohol, your allowance will be stopped. "They have been drinking less because they are afraid that they will not receive the allowance or after drinking alcohol," he said, "But when all the allowances come at once, it is doubtful that they will drink alcohol again." Now he is engaged in his old profession. Continuously.”

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