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Taapa teema
No full textAbraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the sago tree (taapa) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. While Longdi Modi cuts down the sago tree, Abraham and Rilung Modi pull it down using a rope which is carefully positioned so that it doesn’t damage the young sago trees. After the tree is down, they cut it into smaller pieces
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Taapa bida
No full textAbraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the sago tree (taapa) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. When they reach Poodat (~4-5 km outside of Peki Modi village), Longdi Modi beings searching for mature sago trees with a flower on top. After finding a mature tree, he climbs up to clear the leaves
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No full textAbraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. After bringing the fern tree mixture back to the village, Longdi Modi separates the fern tree mixture using a local made basket known as Chinu to separate the harder shards of fern tree from the softened parts. The hard parts are used to feed the pigs, and the soft parts are stored in a basket known as Jongkung
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No full textAbraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. After the fern tree mixture has been kept covered by the leaf of Sago tree for a week, they return to collect the mixture. Longdi Modi selects the best portion of the mixture and puts it into the local basket for a male known as Tali
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No full textAbraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. After the fern tree mixture has been kept covered by the leaf of Sago tree for a week, they return to collect the mixture. Longdi Modi selects the best portion of the mixture and puts it into the local basket for a male known as Tali
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No full textAbraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. After bringing the fern tree mixture back to the village, Longdi Modi separates the fern tree mixture using a local made basket known as Chinu to separate the harder shards of fern tree from the softened parts. The hard parts are used to feed the pigs, and the soft parts are stored in a basket known as Jongkung
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No full textAbraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. While Longdi Modi thwacks the fern tree into very small pieces, they describe the area where they found this fern tree, and how to determine suitable topography for growing and harvesting them. They mention the quality of fern trees, comparing a lower quality where the delicate part is harder (chisap) and a higher quality where the delicate part of fern tree is softer (chiingin)
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Centre for Cultural-Linguistic Diversity (Eastern Himalaya) Collection
No full textAbraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. While Longdi Modi thwacks the fern tree into very small pieces, they describe the area where they found this fern tree, and how to determine suitable topography for growing and harvesting them. They mention the quality of fern trees, comparing a lower quality where the delicate part is harder (chisap) and a higher quality where the delicate part of fern tree is softer (chiingin)
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Taapa hagbin
No full textAbraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the sago tree (taapa) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh while cleaning the bark of the sago tree. Longdi Modi describes the uses of sago tree such as Panol (used to treat wounds of livestock to help stop bleeding and to start fires when there is no matches available). He explains that the hard bark is also used as a rain coating, and leaves are used in various ways. He says that humans used to eat it, but now it is used to feed pigs
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No full textAbraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. They complete the process of thwacking and begin mixing the thwacked fern tree, making holes in the base so that the water will not stagnate. After that, the mixture is covered by the leaf of Sago tree to keep it clean and to protect from decay or damage. Longdi Modi, an expert in harvesting fern trees, explains that it takes a week until the mixture is fully ready for human consumption
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