Ethnozoology of the Karbis of Assam, India: Use of ichthyofauna in traditional health-care practices

Teronpi, Valentina; Singh, Harminder; Tamuli, Ajit K.; Teron, Robindra

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“…All Karbis irrespective of their financial status prefer foods cooked without oil. Teronpi et al [6] studied indigenous knowledge of management of fish resources and revealed that hill Karbis cook fish by kangthu and kemang method. A study conducted by Muzaddadi et al [7] mentioned in a study of ethnic fish product prepared by Mishing tribe of Assam that food processing techniques like drying, smoking and fermentation are compatible means of preserving fish for scare fish seasons and a partial solution to protein malnutrition.…”

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Folk beliefs of food avoidance and prescription among menstruating and pregnant Karbi women of Kamrup district, Assam

Goswami

Thakur

2019

J. Ethn. Food

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Background: This paper discusses the social dimension of gastronomy, such as folk beliefs regarding avoidance and prescriptions during the stages of menstruation and pregnancy. Cooking and eating are imbued with special meanings, but how they are related to an individual's multiple identities, such as menstruating and pregnant women, and how these idioms and ideologies affect food choice negotiated through folk beliefs are discussed. Do food prescriptions contribute to nutrition? Looking for these answers, the present study was undertaken in two blocks densely populated by Karbi tribe in Kamrup district of Assam, India. The objective of the study was to understand the values of folk beliefs scientifically. Methods: The data was collected by conducting focus group discussion among adolescent girls and pregnant women. Results: It can be concluded that the foods which are included during menstruation and pregnancy were nutrient rich and foods avoided during that period was somewhat scientific.

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Section: Cooking Methods Among the Karbismentioning

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Folk beliefs of food avoidance and prescription among menstruating and pregnant Karbi women of Kamrup district, Assam

Goswami

Thakur

2019

J. Ethn. Food

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“…Our study focussed on three of the predominant indigenous tribes of Assam State in Northeast India: (1) Biate; (2) Dimasa; and (3) Karbi. These tribes are characterised by unique traditions and cultures distinct from each other and from other ethnic groups of the region (Teronpi et al 2012). However, broadly speaking, subsistence agriculture or hunting and gathering are practised by rural villagers belonging to all three groups (Sajem and Gosai 2006).…”

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“…A deep faith in, and preference for, their traditional healthcare system (based on surrounding flora and fauna) rather than the modern system of medicine has been reported across all three groups (e.g. Sajem and Gosai 2010, Teronpi et al 2012, Betlu 2013. Similarly, although they are known to practise traditional religion (that is animistic in nature) to varying degrees, the prevalence of associated rituals has been affected by the advent of Christianity across all three groups (e.g.…”

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A socio-economic survey of pangolin hunting in Assam, Northeast India

D’Cruze¹,

Singh²,

Mookerjee³

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India has been identified as a source country for the illegal international trade in endangered pangolins, “scaly mammalian anteaters”, widely considered as the “world’s most trafficked mammal”. In this study, we investigated the involvement of hunters belonging principally to three locally prominent tribes (Biate, Dimasa and Karbi) in Assam State, Northeast India. Based on the results of interviews with 141 individuals, we conclude that all three tribal groups engaged in pangolin hunting between 2011 and 2016. Although pangolin meat is used locally, we found that hunters largely targeted pangolins for their scales and that substantial commercial gain via urban middlemen has now supplanted low-level traditional use as the primary driver for this activity. On average, each hunter captured one pangolin per year with the potential to earn 9,000 INR (135 USD) for a single animal (equating to approximately four months average income). The majority of hunters (89%) stated that pangolins were less abundant than they were five years ago, which suggests off-take is unsustainable. All hunters interviewed appeared to hunt pangolins occasionally, regardless of tribe, demography or income, which suggests that any mitigation strategy should focus on rural hunters. Whilst interventions to reduce poverty are no doubt required, we argue that such interventions alone are unlikely to be effective in reducing pangolin hunting. Rather, there is a need for co-ordinated packages of mutually reinforcing interventions to address this pangolin hunting in a more comprehensive manner. In particular, implementing a demand reduction strategy targeting urban consumers is urgently required.

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“…The medicinal species collected in this study are not used in remote areas of the northern hemisphere, but if they are employed species belonging to some documented genera. In India the eel ( Anguilla bengalensis in this case) is used: its body mucus is applied on burned zones of the body [ 117 ], and fat is applied and massage to relieve rheumatoid-arthritis pain [ 118 ]. In the same way, at Jeju Island (Korea) the salted heads of Engraulis japonica are used to treat head lacerations [ 119 ].…”

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Fish-based remedies in Spanish ethnomedicine: a review from a historical perspective

Villalobos

González

2014

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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BackgroundFish-based therapeutics is fundamentally based on a dietary use, but these vertebrates have also been employed in the treatment of infectious and parasitic diseases, during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum and to deal with diseases of the different systems.MethodsAn overview of the ethnomedical and historical Spanish literature has been carried out. Automated searches in the most important national and international databases have been performed. All related works have been thorough examined.ResultsWe examine the historical use of 54 medicinal fish species, 48 marine and six from inland waters. As useful, in Ancient times 39 species have been recorded (of which only 21 have been collected in subsequent periods), seven in the Middle Ages, 18 in Modern times and 17 in the contemporary period. Anguilla anguilla, Engraulis encrasicolus or Scyliorhinus canicula are species that have survived over time as an ingredient in Spanish folk remedies. Most remedies used in the last century and currently are empirical remedies based on the humorism theory and the principle of contraria contrariis curantur (74%), and the rest (26%) are magical type remedies that complete the popular therapeutic arsenal.ConclusionsIn the last century we find a progressive decrease in the number of fish species used in ethnomedicine. Only seven taxa have been documented as surviving therapeutic resources since centuries ago. The existence of a dynamic Spanish ethnomedicine has also been detected which has managed to generate new therapeutic resources in recent times. It is important to validate the remedies by ethnopharmacology and evidence-based medicine. In order to recover as much data as possible, it will be necessary to draw up an inventory of ethnoichthyological uses.

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Ethnozoology of the Karbis of Assam, India: Use of ichthyofauna in traditional health-care practices

Cited by 15 publications

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Folk beliefs of food avoidance and prescription among menstruating and pregnant Karbi women of Kamrup district, Assam

Folk beliefs of food avoidance and prescription among menstruating and pregnant Karbi women of Kamrup district, Assam

A socio-economic survey of pangolin hunting in Assam, Northeast India

Fish-based remedies in Spanish ethnomedicine: a review from a historical perspective

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