Question

Describe about Parma social practice.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Parma is a social practice of giving and taking help in labor or services turn by turn (alopalo) while carrying out major social, cultural and agricultural activities. For example, at the time of planting or harvesting crops, building shelters, roofing houses, people in the community lend labor to each other (alopalo) as parma to complete the work at hand. Such a parma is returned next time when the parma lender has to perform similar activities. The practice of parma is thus a culture of performing each other’s work turn by turn collectively. This is mostly prevalent in rural and agricultural societies.

Parma simply refers to interchanging of help. More specially, it means doing other’s work turn-wise. For example, if Ram helps in rice plantation to Hari, Hari also helps Ram for planting his rice. It is a two-way help to do similar work. This is mainly practiced by farmers in the rural areas. Due to modernization in agriculture and in other occupations, the practice of Parma is being less practiced these days.

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