Kasuang, Melo

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection features interviews with Puroik elders and cultivators from five villages in East Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh: Byale, Surung Kasuang, Mechidu, Mecha and Byaluom. These five villages are situated in two water basins, formed by rivers Kamyang and Katchiye, both tributaries of the Katoie river (or Kameng river) in western Arunachal Pradesh. These recordings document the ethnobotanical knowledge and life histories of elders, and the oral history of the tribe. The oral history of the...

Summary OH-008-1-1a In this recording, Melo Kasuang sings a song about sago processing. She says this song is how elders would sing to the younger children to teach them how sago is processed. She shares how the same song can be addressed to children of different tribes or non-tribal people. The first paragraph is addressed to Puroik-adufu and Puroik-adumui, meaning sons and daughters of the Puroik. The second paragraph is addressed to the Harang or non-tribal children and the last is addressed to...

Scope and Contents The collection features interviews with Puroik elders and cultivators from five villages in East Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh: Byale, Surung Kasuang, Mechidu, Mecha and Byaluom. These five villages are situated in two water basins, formed by rivers Kamyang and Katchiye, both tributaries of the Katoie river (or Kameng river) in western Arunachal Pradesh. These recordings document the ethnobotanical knowledge and life histories of elders, and the oral history of the tribe. The oral history of the...