TIWA_HINDU_10122015_13

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Caption : KARBI ANGLONG, ASSAM, 10/12/2015: A TIWA women carrying paddy bags from a Jhum field in Karbi Anglong district of Assam on December 10, 2015. Harvested paddies are put inside the baskets and kept for future use. The capacity of each paddy basket is approximately about fifteen kg. Cooperative and collective endeavour is a strongly developed feature of the economic activities of the TIWA tribe especially in the post-harvest agricultural work. There is a mutual dependence among the people here, who assist their fellow village men and women in preserving the grains for future consumption. As the TIWAs do not build granaries, they preserve the grains inside bundles of straw called Maiphura which is tightly secured by bamboo strips. TIWA is a major tribe of Assam state who practice Jhum or shifting cultivation for their living in the hills. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar