Get treated by tribal ‘healers’ in your city

Surat: Are you suffering from any chronic illness and tired of allopathic drugs? If yes, this may be a good news for you. Seek remedial measures with traditional tribal methods of healing now at your doorstep.
For the first time in Surat, a six-day fair is being organised where traditional tribal ‘healers’ or ‘Vaidu Bhagats’ will give important health tips, medicines for various ailments and diseases which are based on traditional practices. These practitioners will be available for six days at a party plot on Athwalines in the city.
State forest and environment minister Ganpatsinh Vasava will inaugurate the fair, organised by by Shree Pachhat Mahila Vikas Mandal (Bhavnagar), on Sunday.
According to officials, over 130 traditional healers from villages of Dang and Valsad will take part in the unique fair and offer services to heal joint pains, skin diseases, and paralysis among many other chronic ailments.
A fair on ayurvedic plants will also be opened for the general public and where visitors can get chance to see how ayurveda and traditional healing methods are used to treat illnesses.
Moreover, visitors can have a chance to taste a range of tribal food reciepes made from organic food and grains. The unique fair will be opened on March 1 (Sunday) and it will last on March 6. People can visit this fair from 10 am to 9 pm.
The fair will also have a ‘Nahri Kendra’ where visitors will be able to buy food and grain items prepared by tribal women. These items include biscuits made from Nagli, Papad, Makai na Vada, Medicinal tea, green team among many other items. All the food items will be served only on clay vessels.
Besides this, Pithora paintings too will exhibited at the fair. Surtis will also get chance to see Junagadh’s ‘Siddi Dhamal’ during the cultural event that will be held every evening in the fair.