Kasuang, Abyu

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-008-32-1a Abyu Kasuang recounts the names of his ancestors generation after generation, from the beginning of time till his successors and shares how the Puroik people have lived to the present-day for thousands of years. He shares that one of the earliest Puroik ancestors was Changya, whose son was Mangpi-lo. His son was Sapi-lo, then it was Changya-lo. Then, he says, the successors arrived in (or the descendent’s name was) Donya. In each of these villages, ancestors of the Puroik people...

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...