Abak Kasuang - Session 01, 15 March 2024
Summary
In this short recording, Abak Kasuang recounts the struggles of her youth, the challenges of Puroik people’s life in the past. She speaks of how people kept making yarn from the plant called Khryag even while walking, on their way to someplace else. They would have to keep making sago. Life in the past, she recalls, was very difficult. She sings two songs, one in praise of Jesus in Nyishi language and the other teaching kids about the sago-making process in Puroik language. The words are, “Pakhyo-adumui haye va, Pakhyo-adufu haye va, Kaiko ta hase hase ro”. It translates to, “Oh non-tribal daughter, oh non-tribal son, this is how we go to the Kaiko to make sago”. (The song can be addressed to Puroik children or other children depending on the audience.) Time-stamped section headings (00:00:00) The difficulty of life in the past [00:00:46 to 00:01:12 Restricted access. Contact archives@ncbs.res.in] (00:01:39) Christian song (00:02:40) Background of the speaker (00:04:12) Puroik song about sago-making
Dates
- Creation: 15 March 2024
Creator
- Kasuang, Abak (Interviewee, Person)
- Dhingra, Mansi (Interviewer, Person)
Language of Materials
Puroik, Arunachali Hindi
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Biography
Abak Kasuang is an elderly woman from Byaluom village, over sixty years of age. She raises her Palms and cultivates many crops in her jhum fields. She also raises chicken and pigs in the village, along with her husband. She is a steady presence in village gatherings and communal activities. She lives a few hours uphill from the main settlement in Surung Kasuang and weekly travels downhill to visit the church.
Partial Extent
5.0 Minutes
Repository Details
Part of the Archives at NCBS Repository
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