2026-04-30T15:18:42Zhttps://oai.catalogue.archives.ncbs.res.in/oai:archives.ncbs.res.in:/repositories/2/archival_objects/246422026-02-23T17:57:44ZArchives at NCBSTata Institute of Fundamental ResearchOH-008-45.OH-008-45-1https://catalogue.archives.ncbs.res.in/repositories/2/archival_objects/24642Halley, KashokDhingra, MansiKashok Halley - Session 01, 22 February 202522 February 202514.0 MinutesPuroik, Arunachali HindiKashok Halley hails from Tamak village and is likely nearing sixty years of age. He has been appointed as Range Forest Officer, Service of the Forest Department of Arunachal Pradesh since 1994. He is one of the founder members of the All Puroik Welfare Society and presently Vice Chairman of Autonomous Puroik Welfare Board. Kashok Halley travelled to many villages in search of the disappearing oral history of the Puroik people in the 1970s with a motivation to note down the genealogy of his people. He maintains a written account of their genealogy, which he has shared with this repository.Mr. Kashok Halley offers his account of the genealogical record of the Puroik people. In his youth, he travelled to many villages asking elders for the Oral History and collated a written document with the genealogical descent of the Puroik people. He explains how the Puroik people have descended and travelled from Mangpi Lo to the presently settled villages. He says that the Puroik people believe the sky and land to be their mother and father. Bre-Lo gave birth to the land – stone, trees, snake, fish and bee. Then, Nii Tagung gave birth to the crocodile, river, and Meerua (the spirit elder). He says that the tiger and lion were first created on the Earth. He speaks of Tro Lo as the name of a birthplace. Bre Lo gave birth to man and woman. Then, the first son was born - he was the ancestor of the Tibetan people. Nido Kapi was the mother of Bajido, who was the mother of Puroik people. And then non-tribals were born. Nido’s sons include Khyun Khya, who arrived in Chamchu Nive and Pulojaria. Chamchu Nive is in East Kameng, in present-day Khenewa circle. Pulojaria is in Kurung Kumey, in Sarle circle. Khyun Khya’s children include Machipua and Machungpua. Do-Sulo’s mother is Nipo Chuichi. Her children include Nuang, Mueng, Nari, Baji, Jado, Nueng, Kueng, Chakueng, Tung, Nung, Tamang, Taro, Kungsi, Chadak, Chalaak, Kungsang, Zueik, Chavoik, Suek, Suetung. We are Suetung’s children. There are three major clan groups: Kuyu, Jaango, Kanhiye. Kuyu has 12 clans, Jaango has 8 clans and Kanhiye has 4 clans in the eastern side, Chayangtajo and Kurung Kumey. Kashok Halley belongs to the Kuyu group and goes on to name the 12 clans among the Kuyu. He shares the names of a few generations of his ancestors. He shares the places where the Kuyu people first settled from Chamchu Nive, Pulojaria, Veo, Vasaa, Vata, Pauja, Tamak. He expresses the importance of documenting and remembering the oral history of the Puroik people and places the responsibility of following up on this on the younger generations. He shares how he began seeking and learning the Oral history and briefly speaks of his own research to collate the genealogy of the Puroik people.
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(00:00:35) Village and background of the speaker.
(00:05:44) Concern for disappearing knowledge and oral history of the Puroik community.
(00:04:01) Introduction to the oral history of the Puroik people.
(00:04:38) Narration of the genealogical descent of the Puroik people.
(00:12:20) The motivation and memory of learning the Oral History in the speaker’s youth.Access Level 1: Online. See https://archives.ncbs.res.in/accessCopyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use. See https://archives.ncbs.res.in/accessPuroik Oral Literature of Kamyang and Katchiye water basins, East Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, OH-008