1/19/2024 0 Comments Sitting on house roofs bdoFeasts are hosted, offerings made to deities. Animals like Mithun and Pig are sacrificed, birds and wild animals are hunted and also huge quantities of local rice beer prepared and consumed. Still, daughters get share of clothes, some movable properties like bead necklaces or any other items they themselves have earned during their stay in the parental house.įestivals:The main festivals are Solung (1st September), Etor (15 May) and Aaran (7 March), which are celebrated for days together. The society is Patrilineal and Patriarchal. are however, emerging as a new property concept among the people. Holding and running of business shops and commercial buildings, small industrial units etc. A family also boast/claim over their bamboo groves and jackfruit trees. Of the animals, Mithun is considered precious for socio-religious activities and even payment of compensations against wrongs done. Property and Inheritance:īesides land and residential buildings, beads, pots and dishes of brass, daos/swords, spears and guns are considered valuable possessions. Of the intoxicants, home brewed beer (Apong) is commonly taken without any age or sex bar. Rice, meat and green vegetables, preferably boiled, constitute the main food items. Besides birds, rats and squirrels, the big games include wild boar and various kinds of deer. Netting and trapping is other method of catching fish.Both shot guns and traps are used for hunting. The water is barricaded with leaves and gravels at the diversion point. Fishing at large scale by group is done by diverting the water flow of a branch of the stream from the main flow. Ploughing is known but use of modern mechanisms and fertilizers are recent innovations.Besides, fishing and hunting are carried out to supplement food. Abundant growth and production of crops have made them economically self-sufficient.Agriculture implements are simple consisting of Dao, axe, spade, dibbles and scrappers. Hills and slopes are terraced while the dry-lands are used to grow cash crops like Maize and Mustards. Both wet rice cultivation and shifting cultivation are practiced. The Adis are basically dependent on agriculture. Their home productions, like coats, jackets, bags, skirts, shawls and blankets displaying their abilities in handloom. Baskets, trays, haversacks, mats and hats and headgears with artistic designs are produced for domestic use.Women are expert weavers. Handicrafts of the Adis are best seen in their cane and bamboo works. The house is big hall with hearth (Merom) at the center where members sit together and all cooking activities are done.Along the sidewall is an attached and extended room for pigsty. Rough or sawn planks or bamboo splits are used as walls with thatch or palm leave for roofing. Houses are supported by wood and bamboo structure with raised floor (CHANG) of well splited bamboo over beams supported with wooden or bamboo stilts. Granaries are constructed preferably at the village outskirts to avoid fire accidents. At the center of the village is the council hall called DERE or MOSUP where social and cultural affairs of the village are discussed. Houses are constructed in rows with ample space and passages for emergency purposes demonstrating a sense of planning. From a distance, village appears like an assemblage of huts with jackfruit trees in and around the surrounding.
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