Evidence that cultural food practices of Adi women in Arunachal Pradesh, India, improve social-ecological resilience: insights for Sustainable Development Goals

Singh, Ranjay K.; Kumar, Arvind; Singh, Anshuman; Singhal, Poonam

doi:10.1186/s13717-020-00232-x

Ecological Processes

Table 3 Major animal species used in foods^a

From: Evidence that cultural food practices of Adi women in Arunachal Pradesh, India, improve social-ecological resilience: insights for Sustainable Development Goals

Local name	Zoological name	Habitats^b	Cultural dimensions	Use %^c
Local name	Zoological name	Habitats^b	Cultural dimensions	Remote villages	Transitioned village
Kebungs	Malayan giant squirrel (MGS) Ratufa bicolour Layard in Blyth^d	MCF	Used as dowry and cultural food during aran festival	66.6	29.5
Chuha	Rattus rattus L./Niviventer fulvescens Gray	MCF	Used as food in solung, aran festivals, and marriage	65.8	22.4
Lomadi	Vulpes bengalensis Shaw	MCF	Used during grand celebrations after hunting	67.4	11.2
Porcupine^e	Hystrix hodgsoni Gray	MCF	Part of summer festivals and ethnomedicines	47.2	19.4
Jangalisuar	Sus scrofa L.	MCF	Used during solung, aran, and mopin festival	43.1	23.4
Bug-nyul	Viverricula indica É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	MCF	As above	41.9	29.7
Bhalu-biral^f	Arctictis binturong albifrons F. G. Cuvier	MCF	As above	42.5	33.2
Kala bhaluf^f	Selenarctos thibetanus laniger Pocock	MCF	Used during marriage	40.8	11.4
Neur	Herpestes auropunctatus Hodgson	MCF	Part of dowry	39.1	20.4
Kekdakhane-walamoosa	Herpestes urva Hodgson	MCF	Part of dowry	46.4	23.8
Mithun	Bos frontalis Lambert	MCF	Part of dowry, indicators of social prestige	48.9	35.8
Gandhi pug	Aspongopus nepalensis Westwood	MCF	Used in several Adi ceremonies	43.8	14.5
Run-kung	Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius	Water stream and CPR	Used as food and applied in curing malaria	42.3	11.2
Ngopi^g	Labeo dero Hamilton	Water stream and CPR	Used as medicines in skin diseases and kept as fermented food	100	60.5
Ghongha^h	Lymnaea sp. P. Rashad and other species also	Water stream and CPR	Considered to be helpful in improving vitality	100	55.4
Sidhari	Puntius sp. Hamilton	Water stream and CPR	Fresh and fermented use in parties	98.5	63.8
Chelhwa	Chelwa laubuca Hamilton	Water stream and CPR	As above	96.6	60.5
Statistics			t value = 2.05, p < 0.024

MCF Morang community forest, CPR common property resources
^aData pertaining to animals species reported in the table were collected by hosting FGD (focus group discussions) with elder women
^bHabitat data: MCF = 12 species (70.58%); water stream and CPR = 5 species (29.41%)
^cMultiple percentages
^dRed-bellied squirrel (RBS) Callosciurus erythraeus, hoary-bellied squirrel (HBS) C. pygerythrus, and the Himalayan striped squirrel (HSS) Tamiops macclellandi are also found there and used occasionally
^eOther than using in meat, the gall bladder is used for curing malaria
^fOther than using in meat, bones are used for some rituals and cultural functions
^gThis indigenous breed of fish is used for curing some skin diseases. It is most commonly fish used in fermentation and giving to seek and old person
^hUsed in food and its shell is used to make edible lime

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