Rajo festival is celebrated in Odisa very intently. It is a 3 day deemed (cultural) menstruation period for mother Earth. No earth related activity are done. Farm implements are put on worship. Ladies do not cook, take to the swing. Outside it is cloudy, sultry and breezeless. Swing helps in evapotranspiration → cooling →feel comfort factor.

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• TITLE: Paddy field soil conservation: Indian historical practices

  AUTHORS: Deepak Bhattacharya

  KEYWORDS: Stubble; Cow Dung; Paddy; Multi-Crops; Heavy Monsoon Rains; Soil Conservation

  JOURNAL NAME: Agricultural Sciences, Vol.2 No.3, August 8, 2011

  ABSTRACT: India is an ancient land having high seasonal rain fall (4 months rain & 8 months dry), has paddy cultivation. Becauses silt-sand separation; buoyant sand gets carried; silt agglutinates. Rill fluid dissolves agglutinated soil; vectors as silt → degradation. Indian farmer has unique agricultural field conservation; soil cum fertility maintenance/regeneration heritage. Also use the stubble and cow dung (cellulose) as binder cum multi purpose in-field uses. economic; ecologically safe; and not discussed earlier. Good tool for altruistic administrations.