{"id":269168,"date":"2023-11-14T18:36:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=269168"},"modified":"2023-11-14T18:36:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:06:36","slug":"ao-and-sumi-naga-communities-in-nagaland-seed-preservation-and-storage-among-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ao-and-sumi-naga-communities-in-nagaland-seed-preservation-and-storage-among-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Ao and S\u00fcmi Naga communities in Nagaland: Seed preservation and storage among them"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>Ao and S\u00fcmi Naga communities in Nagaland: <\/b>Seed preservation and storage among them\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>\u201cDown To Earth \u201d on 14th November 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ao and S\u00fcmi Naga communities in Nagaland have<\/span> long relied on the practice of preserving diverse crop seeds across generations. <\/span>This <\/span>traditional knowledge associated with seed storage and preservation has been orally passed from one generation to another and is crucial in cultivation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is the Ao community?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who are they<\/b><\/td>\nTribe from Nagaland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meaning<\/b><\/td>\nAoer (meaning “those who came” from across the Dikhu River)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Festivals<\/b><\/td>\nMoats\u00fc Festiva<\/b>l: Observed in early May after sowing
\nTs\u00fcngremong Festival<\/b>: Celebrated right after the harvest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Governance system called as<\/b><\/td>\nPutu Mende<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Occupation<\/b><\/td>\nSlash and burn agriculture, also known as jhum or shifting cultivation (tekong lu or alu ayimba)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Significance<\/b><\/td>\nAos were the first nagas to embrace Christianity and incorporate Western education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Who is the Sumi Community?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who are they<\/b><\/td>\nTribe from Nagaland\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Religion\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nAncestral religion was worship of nature. But now most of them are Christians<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Recognized as\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nScheduled Tribe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Festivals<\/b><\/td>\nAhuna: <\/b>It is a traditional post-harvest festival of the Sumis.
\n<\/span>T\u00fcl\u00fcni<\/b>: It is a festival of great significance for the S\u00fcmis.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Occupation<\/b><\/td>\nSlash and burn agriculture, also known as jhum or shifting cultivation\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus:<\/strong> History and Art and Culture in News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cAo and S\u00fcmi Naga communities in Nagaland: Seed preservation and storage among them\u201d published in \u201cDown To Earth \u201d on 14th November 2023 Why in the News? Ao and S\u00fcmi Naga communities in Nagaland have long relied on the practice of preserving diverse crop seeds across generations.… Continue reading Ao and S\u00fcmi Naga communities in Nagaland: Seed preservation and storage among them<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,1],"tags":[11872,10504],"class_list":["post-269168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-down-to-earth","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":72,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703669796},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}