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| Title: | Traditional, ethnic and fermented foods of different tribes of Manipur |
| Authors: | Devi, P
Suresh Kumar, P |
| Keywords: | Manipur
Traditional foods
Traditional foods
Bamboo products
Ethnic foods |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A47G, A47G 19/26, A47J 39/02, B01D 3/00, C12C 11/00, C12C 12/04, C12C 7/00, A01G 16/00 |
| Abstract: | Traditional knowledge exists among different
tribes on preparing boiled foods, fermented foods, beverages and nutritionally
rich traditional foods from various indigenous crop plants, forest products and
meat of wild and domesticated animals. Manipur has great ethno-cultural
diversity, with two major tribes, the Nagas
and the Kukis. The Naga tribe comprises the Maring, Mao, Maram, Kabui, Tangkhul, Tadubi, Kolya, Khoiras/Mayangkhong,
Koirangs, Chirus and Maring where as the Kuki tribe comprises the Mizos,
Paite, Thadou and Vaiphei. Meitei and Meitei
Pangals are two non tribal communities of Manipur who has individual
identity. The traditional foods of the Manipuries
comprises Iromba, Champhu, Kangshoi,
Hawaichar, Soibum, Ngaree, , Paknam, Chagem pomba, Kangshu, Hentak, Khazing,
Heikak, sticky rice chapatti/bread, etc.
Alcoholic beverages made up of rice are very common in almost all the
festivals of the tribal peoples of Manipur locally called as Yu. Among different produces, the people
of Manipur have the habit of taking variety of leafy vegetables which are
available in plenty in the dense forests. |
| Page(s): | 70-77 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.11(1) [January 2012]
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