Kasuang, Ashok

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 File 1 Ashok Kasuang was born and brought up in Byale, as multiple generations of his family before him. The village is Byale, the people’s title or family name is Yakli or Kasuang. There are three villages where Kasuang people live: Byale, Wagyong and Surung. To avoid confusion, as suggested by Kamin Dolo, the people had the surname Byale, even in some of their documents. Now, they are changing it back to Yakli. He shares that the Puroik people have cultivated the Palm since childhood,...

Summary OH-008-4-2a Ashok Kasuang shows a trapping tool called Kajok. It is used for trapping birds on trees. A string attached to it is called Kajok mataak and Kajok maiya. It is made of Micha bamboo and cane variety Arai-sik. He explains the various parts of the tool and shares their names. OH-008-4-2b Ashok Kasuang shows us the handcrafted tools used by the Puroik people for daily life. He names them and shares what material they are made of. The vessel used to make rice beer is called Kajar. The...

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 Dangma Kasuang sings a song in Puroik language. The song is about the process of felling the Palm, chipping the bark, cutting it into logs or pieces, carrying it to the Kaiko (processing station) to first shred it, beat it, dissolve it in water, filter the fibres and sediment the starch. The song was sung in a gathering of a dozen people and translated by one of the people in the same group, recorded in file OH-008-2-5b right after the song. Time-stamped section...

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...