Description of harvesting fern trees, part 10

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Abraham, 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. Time-aligned transcription and translation into English.

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Modi, Abraham 2022/2023-05.

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Abraham, 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. Time-aligned transcription and translation into English.

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Milang Language Resource

This collection includes audio-video documentation on three aspects of Milang: 1. Tree fern food processing, 2. Sago processing, and 3. Traditional yeast making.

Computational Resource on South Asian Languages

The Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) is a digital archive for source audio, video, and text on the minority languages of South Asia.

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Description of harvesting fern trees, part 10 (Video)

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 10

Abraham, 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.

Relationship to this item: (Is Translation of)

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 10; ark:/67531/metadc2243508/

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 10 (Sound)

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 10

Abraham, 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.

Relationship to this item: (Is Translation of)

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 10; ark:/67531/metadc2243507/

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 11 (Dataset)

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 11

Abraham, 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. Time-aligned transcription and translation into English.

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Description of harvesting fern trees, part 11; ark:/67531/metadc2243506/

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 9 (Dataset)

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 9

Abraham, 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. Time-aligned transcription and translation into English.

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 9 - ark:/67531/metadc2243500

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  • 2022/2023-05

Added to The UNT Digital Library

  • Jan. 22, 2024, 1:38 p.m.

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  • May 20, 2024, 3:25 p.m.

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Modi, Abraham. Description of harvesting fern trees, part 10, dataset, 2022/2023-05; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2243503/: accessed May 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Information.

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