scholarly journals INDIGENOUS FOODWAYS OF THE GALOS: A CHALLENGE TO ARCHAEOLOGY

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bina Gandhi Deori
Keyword(s):  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Mountainous Terrain ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Swidden Cultivation ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East

<p>The Galos are one among many tribes inhabiting the mountainous terrain of Arunachal Pradesh, located in the foothills of the Himalayas in North-East India. The traditional subsistence practice of the Galos<em> </em>includes swidden cultivation popularly known as <em>jhummin</em>g in North-East India, animal husbandry and gathering. The paper discusses in detail the indigenous foodways of the Galos and how it pose challenges to the archaeology of the food in the region.</p><p>Keywords: Arunachal Pradesh, Galo tribe, indigenous, foodways</p>

The Subaltern Speak- A Study On The Culture Of The Arunachalis With Special Reference To Mamang Dai’s The Legends Of Pensam

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Ms. Cheryl Antonette Dumenil ◽  
Dr. Cheryl Davis
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Small World ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Shared History ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Insight Into

North- East India is an under veiled region with an awe-inspiring landscape, different groups of ethnic people, their culture and heritage. Contemporary writers from this region aspire towards a vision outside the tapered ethnic channel, and they represent a shared history. In their writings, the cultural memory is showcased, and the intensity of feeling overflows the labour of technique and craft. Mamang Dai presents a rare glimpse into the ecology, culture, life of the tribal people and history of the land of the dawn-lit mountains, Arunachal Pradesh, through her novel The Legends of Pensam. The word ‘Pensam’ in the title means ‘in-between’,  but it may also be interpreted as ‘the hidden spaces of the heart’. This is a small world where anything can happen. Being adherents of the animistic faith, the tribes here believe in co-existence with the natural world along with the presence of spirits in their forests and rivers. This paper attempts to draw an insight into the culture and gender of the Arunachalis with special reference to The Legends of Pensam by Mamang Dai.

scholarly journals Locating Nepalese Mobility: A Historical Reappraisal with Reference to North East India, Burma and Tibet

2018 ◽  
pp. 87-104
Author(s):  
Gaurab K. C. ◽  
Pranab Kharel
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Dairy Farming ◽  
Popular Imagination ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Mobility Studies ◽  
Point Of Reference

Most literature published on migration in Nepal makes the point of reference from 19th century by stressing the Lahure culture - confining the trend’s history centering itself on the 200 years of Nepali men serving in British imperial army. However, the larger story of those non-military and non-janajati (ethnic) Nepali pilgrimages, pastoralists, cultivators and tradesmen who domiciled themselves in Burma, North East India and Tibet has not been well documented in the mobility studies and is least entertained in the popular imagination. Therefore, this paper attempts to catalog this often neglected outmigration trajectory of Nepalis. Migrants venturing into Burma and North East India consist of an inclusive nature as the imperial army saw the overwhelming presence of hill janajatis in their ranks whereas Brahmins (popularly known as Bahuns) and Chettris were largely self-employed in dairy farming and animal husbandry. In tracing out the mobility of Nepalis to North East, Burma and Tibet it can be argued that the migrating population took various forms such as wanderers (later they became settlers), mercantilist, laborers, mercenary soldiers, and those settlers finally forced to become returnees. In this connection, documenting lived experiences of the living members or their ancestors is of paramount importance before the memory crosses the Rubicon.

Diversity and distribution of lichens in relation to altitude within a protected biodiversity hot spot, north-east India

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athokpam PINOKIYO ◽  
Krishna Pal SINGH ◽  
Jamuna Sharan SINGH
Keyword(s):  
Hot Spot ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Lichen Diversity ◽  
Terricolous Lichens ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Unimodal Pattern

Abstract:A study of the diversity and distribution of lichens at 10 sites within the Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, India, revealed 177 species, belonging to 71 genera and 35 families. The Sanctuary exhibited almost all the habit and habitat groups of lichens within its climatically heterogenous and altitudinally (400–2700 m) varied landscape. Among the different habitat groups, obligately corticolous lichens were dominant (133 species), followed by facultatively corticolous lichens (occurring on both rock and bark; 25 species), saxicolous lichens (17 species) and terricolous lichens (2 species). The corticolous habitat group was dominated by crustose species while saxicolous and terricolous groups were made up of mostly fruticose species. A substantial number of species (77) occurred at single sites only, and each of the 10 sites supported a distinct lichen assemblage. Altitude and humidity were the putative key factors controlling the diversity and distribution of lichens within the Sanctuary. The mid altitude range 1400–1600 m had the greatest lichen diversity, which showed a unimodal pattern in relation to altitude.

Pleione arunachalensis (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Arethuseae: Coelogyninae), a new species from North-East India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 291 (4) ◽  
pp. 294 ◽  
Author(s):  
VADAKKOOT SANKARAN HAREESH ◽  
PANKAJ KUMAR ◽  
MAMIYIL SABU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
A New Species

Pleione arunachalensis, a new species is described from Lower Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh, North-East India. Detailed descriptions, distribution, ecology, colour photographs and key to identification for Indian Pleione is provided.

scholarly journals Looking beyond parks: the conservation value of unprotected areas for hornbills in Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya

Oryx ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohit Naniwadekar ◽  
Charudutt Mishra ◽  
Kavita Isvaran ◽  
M. D. Madhusudan ◽  
Aparajita Datta
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Eastern Himalaya ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Paradoxical Situation ◽  
Tropical Forest Conservation ◽  
Community Based Conservation ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
The Mean

AbstractThe loss of tropical forests and associated biodiversity is a global concern. Conservation efforts in tropical countries such as India have mostly focused on state-administered protected areas despite the existence of vast tracts of forest outside these areas. We studied hornbills (Bucerotidae), an ecologically important vertebrate group and a flagship for tropical forest conservation, to assess the importance of forests outside protected areas in Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India. We conducted a state-wide survey to record encounters with hornbills in seven protected areas, six state-managed reserved forests and six community-managed unclassed forests. We estimated the density of hornbills in one protected area, four reserved forests and two unclassed forests in eastern Arunachal Pradesh. The state-wide survey showed that the mean rate of encounter of rufous-necked hornbills Aceros nipalensis was four times higher in protected areas than in reserved forests and 22 times higher in protected areas than in unclassed forests. The mean rate of encounter of wreathed hornbills Rhyticeros undulatus was twice as high in protected areas as in reserved forests and eight times higher in protected areas than in unclassed forests. The densities of rufous-necked hornbill were higher inside protected areas, whereas the densities of great hornbill Buceros bicornis and wreathed hornbill were similar inside and outside protected areas. Key informant surveys revealed possible extirpation of some hornbill species at sites in two protected areas and three unclassed forests. These results highlight a paradoxical situation where individual populations of hornbills are being lost even in some legally protected habitat, whereas they continue to persist over most of the landscape. Better protection within protected areas and creative community-based conservation efforts elsewhere are necessary to maintain hornbill populations in this biodiversity-rich region.

Highlanders of Arunachal Pradesh. Anthropological Research in North-East India.

1984 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
James F. Fisher ◽  
Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf
Keyword(s):  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Anthropological Research
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