Kasuang, Gyanche

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 Gyanche Kasuang shares his knowledge of the plants important to Puroik people and utilised as food in Byale village. He was born in Byale and has become an old man there. He does jhum farming and raises the Palm. He prefers to eat sago, accompanied by some meat or Marung (fermented bamboo shoot). He shared that the Palm must be replanted by placing young suckers away from the parent stem to a suitable place and as it grows, it must be maintained by clearing the surroundings and removing any...

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...