Insecta Sl. Cicada Wajong Utility: This insect with its first sound announces the beginning of the sowing of rice. Crustacea: Malacostraca Sl. Crabs are therefore completely avoided by some subtribes. Open in a separate window. Wancho Customs Among the Wancho, teeth and nails of bears are worn as ornaments necklaces by males. Table 2 Traditional knowledge associated with the Wancho tribe.
Decoration : Teeth and nails used as ornament by males. The fresh blood is then touched by the villagers, both sick and healthy , as it is believed that by doing this they would be healed from the diseases. Ritual food : Marriages of kings and queens from different villages are consummated by sacrificing a dog. Utility : Used as forks to eat meat during festivals. Slow Loris Awai Magic : Not eaten; hunted and killed if sighted, as it is believed to cause bad omens.
Seeing tigers is considered rare for the same reason. Killing of any of the cat family is a serious issue among the villagers they do not want to kill but have to for safety.
Young and old alike would weave small local baskets and carry them to the forest to seek forgiveness from the gods of the Kings as the great cats are the strongest of all animals in the forest by singing and dancing. The whole village are considered to be guilty of the crime of killing the animal, which is why everyone participates in the ritual. Squirrel Heeh Tail Decoration : Used for decorative purpose. On the first day of the Oriya festival, male dancers wear the squirrel tail tied to a hat or local basket, worn around the waist.
Earrings made from antlers worn by males as ornamets. Social: The first person to accurately fire the bullet gets the right thigh of the animal. The 2nd person to hit or arrive at the spot, gets the shoulder portion; followed by third with the back portion. The head is always presented to the king of the village all this is followed only during community hunting and not in individual hunting. Mole Thupha Sighting this animal is believed to be a bad omen and leads to the abandonment of executing further plans or work.
This painted hair is used as shoulder bands and on hats worn by males. Also tied to swords used for dancing during festivals. The tail feathers of the great hornbill are more favoured than others. The bird chirps during dusk and dawn so people believe it to be the morning and night announcer. The chirps are taken as an indication of time to return from the fields in the evening, as it would get dark soon.
Scientific Name Common Name Local Name Parts Used Traditional Knowledge 1 1 Python reticulatus 2 Python molurus 1 Reticulated Python 2 Indian python Punu - Hunters should not have eaten until a ritual is performed by a local priest, which is done by removing and using the horn-like outgrowth in the abdomen of the snake.
The ritual is concluded by hanging the head of the snake outside the house of the priest and let it wither away with time. The consequence of not performing the ritual is believed to lead to a cursed life of the hunter.
It is then followed with rituals and feasting. Cobra Pucham The soul of people is believed to dwell in this snake and killing it would welcome curses and an eventual death of the person. Cyprinid Nyah - When a boy child is born, the family members and relatives mostly males go fishing.
The person who names the child gets the maximum share of the caught fish. Snakehead fish Nyah This fish is fed to infants just before starting the consumption of solid food. Termite Khunkhah Termite mound - Urinating or excreting on the termite mound Hahpho is believed to cause swelling of the private parts and buttocks.
A local prediction is performed using leaves e. Extraction is not performed if the yield is predicted to be low. The bee is believed to be the spirit of a lover and its buzzing conveying love. Animals Associated with Indigenous Beliefs, Myth, Rituals and Customs, Cosmologies, Stories and Songs The notion that diseases are caused by evil spirits, and therefore can be cured only by appeasing the evil spirits by means of an animal sacrifice is still prevalent in North-East India.
Stories of the Wancho 1 Story 1: Tiger Sahnuh and Cicada Nyu : How Humans Learnt to Make Fire Originally humans and animals lived peacefully together and the tiger was the only one who knew how to make fire but would not share that knowledge. Discussion 4.
Acknowledgments All three authors acknowledge the advice received from taxonomists of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, and wish to express their gratefulness to helpers and informants in the field who provided the information on the various cultural uses of the animals. Author Contributions Conceptualization, J. Funding Financial support for V. Conflicts of Interest The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
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Asiatic black bear, Sloth bear. Hair, gall bladder. Decoration: Used for traditional hats and for making shoulder bands worn by men during festivals. Magic : Hair used on traditional hat worn by male and for preventing evil spirit causing bad omen.
Hoolock leuconedys. Hoolock gibbon. Magic : Gibbons cause bad omens accidents, unnatural deaths. Manis pentadactyla. Chinese Pangolin. Magic : Believed that out of its many scales some would consist of imaginary pictures featuring deer, maidens, temples used for worshiping etc.
Vulpes bengalensis. Bad food : Only few people consume its flesh, as some consider it as unclean as foxes feed on carcass. Canis lupus fam. Sacrifice: During pregnancy or before birth or for a healthy delivery a dog is taken to the forest and tied only to a Bunyan tree Min chung and sacrificed with continuous chanting.
Capra hircus. Hair from beard. Sus scrofa domesticus. Magic : For performing predictions; fortune telling before harvest and cultivation. Sus scrofa. Hystrix sp. Decoration : Spines are worn by women on their head for beautification and as hair accessories during festivals.
Cynopterus sphinx. Poor food : Only consumed by adults mostly males with most of the population believing its taste to be unpleasant and linked to bad omens.
Nycticebus spp. Magic : In the past, it was believed that seeing this animal itself causes a bad omen, following the owner when leaving an earlier home and moving to the new house.
Cat family: 1 Tiger 2 Clouded leopard 3 Common leopard. Exalted species : Some subtribes e. Bos bubalus. Sacrifice : Buffaloes are sacrificed whenever there is an epidemic spread of disease or any evil spirit Decoration : The head is used for decorative purposes. Utility : The dried skin is used for making drums the thinner the better and also for making carpets to sit on.
Bos indicus. Utility : The dried skin is used for making drums and carpets. Sciurus sp. Hornbills: 1 Buceros bicornis 2 Aceros nepalensis 3 A. Feathers mostly tail , beak. Decoration : Tail feathers alap from male hornbills especially the Great Hornbill are considered most beautiful with variable colours ; used on hats worn by the first dancer who leads the dance troop Lamshal waa during festivals. Spilornis cheela.
Crested serpent eagle. Magic : Not edible, as considered to possess the spirit of a dead person. Gallus domsticus. Domestic chicken. Magic : Used during performing rituals to bring back a lost spirit considered to be the spirit taken away by a ghost.
Polyplectron bicalcaratum. Grey peacock pheasant. Wings, feathers. Gyps spp. Taboo: Unpalatable and dirty. January 29, at PM. Prabhu says:. January 14, at AM. Aleora says:. Kailash Kumbhkar says:. February 4, at AM. February 4, at PM. February 6, at AM. May 4, at AM. Kevin Azo Kapuh says:. August 31, at AM. September 4, at AM. March 29, at AM. Humble Indian says:. February 15, at AM. August 5, at AM. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.
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