yet again ... getting lost ... then enjoying self-discovery ...

Ao and Sema Names Ao   Ø   Asian Elephant:                Shoti Ø   Asiatic Black Bear:          Sheom (U)/ Shirem (L) Ø   Assamese Macaque:         Shoje Ø   Chinese Pangolin:            Kelap Ø   Himalayan Brown Goral: Shok Ø   Himalayan Rat:                 Chuha Ø   Himalayan Striped Squirrel:Shekshang Ø   Hoolock Gibbon:              Shin ü Each language is like a code that describes knowledge about medicinal secrets, ecological wisdom, weather and climate patterns, spiritual attitudes, and artistic and mythological histories. The Tulu language, for example, spoken by a little more than a million people preserves epic poems of the 13th century....

Share images from a meeting; the setting was one of the more interesting ones I have been a part of in recent times . . Meeting is on its way at residence of one of the village council members . . This is at Longsa in Mokokchung district . . Tea ( not been to many meetings without tea!! ) gets ready . . Hearth in the Ao residences is located at the center of the room . . Smoke on its way up from the hearth also dries meat . . Walls were interesting, lively and had that warmth . . And the camera I was using got confused on whether it should focus on the 'hands' or the 'Ao shawl' . . I was the least confused : hands that have toiled on jhum have been by far the strongest I have come across . . Many thanks to the people of Longsa.