Odams are sewn boats that were used for navigation in the Lakshadweep Islands. The islanders (except residents of Minicoy) used these sailing vessels for the transport of people and goods …

Apr 30, 2020 · The odam was a sewn boat and its features will be delineated against a backdrop of the community that brought it into being. The article opens with a preliminary introduction to …

The Sewn Boats of Lakshadweep documents the traditional boat making technique used in the Lakshadweep Islands off the West coast of India. These ‘Odam’ boats use local materials – …

Jul 7, 2024 · In the order of increasing size, the stitched boats are called odi/cheriyath, rendu valikkindad, aru valikkindad, ettu valikkindad, Kondalam and Odam (also called odakappal or …

Until recently, sewn boats known as odam were built in the Amindivi and Laccadives islands off the southwest coast of India. Varadarajan (2018) described the technique of using sea retted …

Dec 6, 2018 · The odam was a sewn boat and its features will be delineated against a backdrop of the community that brought it into being. The article opens with a preliminary introduction to …

Le Lakshadweep odam, un bateau cousu des îles Laquedives utilisé dans le cadre de voyages maritimes jusqu’aux années 1970, est un témoin de ces pratiques. Ce sont donc les carac …

Aug 18, 2021 · While conducting fieldwork more recently, I realised that there needed to be a “Sea Lexicon” of Lakshadweep. Words reveal worlds and it is not enough to know that the …

Odams are sewn boats that were used for navigation in the Lakshadweep Islands. The islanders (except residents of Minicoy) used these sailing ...

This is mirrored in the Lakshadweep odam, which undertook seafaring voyages until the 1970s. The odam was a sewn boat and its features will be delineated against a backdrop of the …