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Elder of Mawhiang teaching a child of the village the correct way to plant trees. Photo: Raisa Daimary/NESFAS

Living Monuments of Mawhiang

The elders talk about a time that the forests were dense, fruit trees were abundant, the climate was cooler, the earth moist and fertile. As they widened their areas under…

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Khasi Food and Shillong Declaration at 15th UNFP

Date: 13th May 2016; Venue: UN HQ, NYC: Indigenous Perspectives On Food And Wellbeing Finds Audience at The UN Khasi Cuisine found representation and appreciation at the 15th UN Permanent…

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Harvesting Peace

The Raid Iapngar Cluster under the Khyrim Syiemship or Chieftanship of the Ri Bhoi District of Meghalaya is a collection of around 16 villages. Among the 16 is the village…

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Planting Trees for the Future

Mawhiang, EKH, together with NESFAS, joined the annul global World Earth Day Celebration this 22nd of April. The community came forward to actively participate and take a lead in expressing…

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Bringing Back the Khneng

She counts the thread of the fabric and works in a stitch to make a pattern repeated through the entire stretch of the ryndia, better known as the eri silk.…

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Custodian farmer Romiss Sh Sangma.Photo: Daman War

Yams for the Future

At forty eight, Romiss Sh Sangma of Chandigre, West Garo Hills, hopes to pass her knowledge about the various types of plants she grows in her jhum filed and kitchen garden to…

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