Nicobari Hodi Craft

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The Geographical Indications Registry has received an application from the Tribal Development Council, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, seeking the Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the Nicobari hodi craft. 

• This is the first application from the Union Territory seeking a tag for one of its products.

About Nicobari Hodi Craft

• The hodi is the Nicobari tribe’s traditional craft. It is an outrigger canoe, very commonly operated in the Nicobar group of islands. 
• The technical skills for building a hodi are based on indigenous knowledge inherited by the Nicobarese from their forefathers. 
• The hodi is built using either locally available trees or from nearby islands, and its design varies slightly from island to island.
• The tuhet, a group of families under a headman, consider the hodi an asset. Hodi races are held between islands and villages.

Source: TH