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method of clearing the jungle |
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Above the jhum near the path, there are three older people, two men and one woman working on the easier tasks such as cutting the lower grass near the path. They also have made a fire and are cooking a midday meal for themselves and the young people. The two older men are wearing not a stitch of clothing apart from their cane belts. Again the new fields of the entire village are in one block. (132) The Thepong morung will not plant any morung fields this year. They say they are getting enough rice from Chingtang, Chinglong and Chongwe, and therefore do not need to exert themselves, but last year they did have a morung field planted |
