Bamboo is our day to day
plant. Bamboos are one of the
fastest-growing plants in the world. Bamboos have been part of our life from primitive
times. Bamboo shoot has been a favorite ingredient in many Asian cuisines.
Bamboo is used in making of Houses, Musial instruments, writing surface and
also in making of primitive weapons. In
Feng - Shui Bamboo is the considered a plant of luck and prosperity. The
bonding between humans and bamboo is so intense that the first man was also said
to be born inside a bamboo.
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| Last surviving Member of Bo Tribe |
The Bo tribe of Andaman Islands has a legend which says that the first
man was born inside a bamboo, the same way as we see the world egg creation
stories across many cultures such as Vedic, Egyptian, Greek, Norse, and
many more.
The Creation
The Bo tribe of Andaman Islands called the first man Jutpu. This primordial man Jutpu was born inside the joint of a huge bamboo. Just as we have
world egg stories, where primordial man is born inside an egg and the creation
takes places through the hatching of that egg. The same way bamboo then split (hatched) into
half and Jutpu came out. He
was a little child when he appeared. The time it rained he used bamboos and
made a hut for himself to live in. He also made little bows and arrows. As Jutpu grew older he made bigger
huts and bigger bows and arrows.
One day while he was wandering in the forests he found a lump of quartz
and with it he scarified himself, this may be considered as the time when Jutpu crossed the threshold and stepped
into adulthood. Now Jutpu was
feeling lonely, as he was an adult now and needed a companion. He took
some clay from the nest of white ants and molded it into a shape of a woman and
brought the figurine to life. The woman became alive and Jutpu took her as his wife. She was
called Kot. Jutpu and Kot
lived together at Teraut-buliu. Jutpu then
made many people out of the clay just as he made his wife and populated the
place. This became ancestors of Bo people. Jutpu taught men how to make canoes and bows and arrows,
and how to hunt and fish. His wife Kot taught the women how to make baskets and
nets and mats and belts, and how to use clay for making patterns on the
body." Thus the creation of mankind and civilization took place.
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