2015 Volume 25 Issue 2 Pages 59-63
The present paper reports the multifaceted ways of the usage of cow dung cake at Rakhi Khas and Rakhi Shapur in Hisar, Haryana, India. In the two villages belong to the semi-arid climate affected by the wet monsoon, the village people use three types of cow dung cake (i.e. golei, thepuri and gosha), which are made by village women all the year round as one of the most effective solutions for various problems based on the natural environment and a realistic problem, namely, everyday disposal of cow dung, at the everyday scene such as cooking etc. and the extraordinary scene such as the rite etc.
