00:00In Makar Sankranti, just like there is a demand for Chura, Dahi, Gud and Tilkut, there is also a demand for this Muri or Murmure.
00:20The story of this Murmure is related to Giridhi, to Giridhi's Matrukha Panchayat.
00:26We will take you to Matrukha and show you how Muri has been made in a traditional way and how the people here are now disappointed with this business.
00:39After all, what was the compulsion that the women here do not want to pay much attention to the Muri business.
00:48Sabya Devi is doing the work of making Murmure in a wooden pot and mud pot.
00:56Sabya, who has reached the age of about 70, is still enthusiastic about her work and has the ability to make Muri with 20 kilos of rice in a day.
01:09Since when have you been making Muri?
01:11Since 20 years.
01:12Are you doing it or do other people in the village also do it?
01:16Other women do it.
01:25How much did you make before?
01:2724 kilos.
01:28In one day?
01:29In one day.
01:30If you make it with a machine, won't it cause any harm?
01:34Yes, it is good.
01:37Similarly, the aged Sagori Devi is also making Muri in the barn behind the house.
01:44Sabya Sagori is from the Matrukha village of Giridi.
01:49This panchayat is an example of women's empowerment.
01:53In fact, dozens of women from Matrukha and Mahatoti villages of this panchayat have worked to make Muri of rice.
02:01This work has been going on here for years.
02:06How do you make it?
02:07We get the rice from the shop.
02:09Then we boil it in water.
02:11Then we let it dry by adding salt.
02:13Then it dries.
02:14Then we boil it with sugar for an hour.
02:17Then we roast it.
02:19How much can you sell now?
02:22About 8 kilos.
02:24In a week?
02:25Yes.
02:26When Makar Sankranti used to come, there was more demand for it.
02:29Yes.
02:30Is it more now or was it more before?
02:32It was more before.
02:33Along with the women of the village, the men of this village also make Muri and sell it in the market.
02:40The women and men of this village educated their children with this work.
02:45They got married and prepared for jobs from other jobs.
02:50But now there are problems.
02:53The difference is that the mill has opened in front of us.
02:58They make it in this quantity.
03:01They sell it at a low price.
03:04We make it little by little.
03:06The price of rice increases.
03:08The sales have decreased.
03:10That's why we leave it.
03:11Sometimes we take it.
03:12If someone asks for it, we take it.
03:13We can't supply it.
03:15There is coal, wood.
03:16We can't get wood.
03:17The cost of coal is high.
03:19How much did you make before?
03:21In a week, we used to make 30 to 40 kilos.
03:25And now?
03:26Now 8 kilos.
03:27Muri is a business.
03:29We married two girls and a boy.
03:32We ploughed the land.
03:36We increased the land.
03:40We built a house.
03:44We married a boy and a girl.
03:46Now Muri is running.
03:48It's like a machine.
03:53In Giridi's Matrukha and Mahatodi,
03:56Muri has been prepared in a traditional way.
04:00The taste of Muri made on wood fire is unique.
04:04However, over time,
04:07Muri has been made from machines in many places.
04:11Flammability has become expensive.
04:13In this way, this business has been directly affected.
04:17The situation is that the Matrukha and Mahatodi village
04:20where more than 300 women used to work
04:24has been restricted.
04:27Now only women of 100 families are doing this work.
04:31How many families used to make Muri in the Matrukha village?
