2.4 Village Life

In a large village of chutiyas there inhabits 100 to 140 families. The village pattern is based mainly on rivers. They build their villages by the river banks according to the routes of the river. By the river side a route connects the whole village. There is a long poduli (route) that connects this route to the houses. The houses are called by torn as gtior. The houses or the ghars are built with poles of wood, bamboo, thatch, reeds etc. In a home of same family there are three types of houses assembled together. One house is called Moroi ghor, for the married and unmarried persons. Side ways stands the Borghor in the north direction which is used for fire place and rites and rituals. In the north side to the moral ghar there stands the chang ghar of very high. Its lower part is kept maked, from the ground level up to five to six feet above there stands the chang (of bamboo or wood sheets tights together). This house is used by the heads or old persons of the family and for guests.

In front of the moral ghat- there is the bhora( ghar (store house of paddy). The logical sequence of chutiyas says Pube Biwa!, Pachhirhe coral, Uttare Saw and dakhine garu. That is in front of the house of the east there stands the bharai ghar (store house of paddy). To the west side garaI I. e. poultry house and north direction there is the fire place (saw or borghar) and to the south a few yards away the Gohofi (house for cattle).

The Chutiyas called the making of a house as Our sofa. When someone wants to build a house he invites the villagers in an appointed day to help him in the ghar sojo and is called hada morn. After the house is completed or after that task the owner treat them with rice beer, joipon (snacks) etc. There still %xists this system of horia morn in every occasion where needs large men power to work.