Kasuang, Mero

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 In this interview, Cho Kasuang and Mero Kasuang share the names and identifying features of the Palm varieties they cultivate. The varieties they raise include Matchinyo, Nisa, Beyryong, Matchikhyaik, Makung, Nijvay, Machyong. He outlines which varieties open the leaf sheath and which ones don’t. He shares how to identify differences in the leaves and in the stem as well. The best quality of sago, he says along with his wife, is of Makung and Matchinyo varieties. Beyryong, which has entirely...

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...