Participants from Chiechama village during the traditional
rice sowing programme held at Chiethu in Kohima on Saturday.
- DIMAPUR — The
Lida Peli, one of the oldest surviving peer groups of Chiechama village,
organised a traditional rice sowing programme at Chiethu on Saturday. The event
was a vibrant display of culture, community and agricultural heritage.
- A DIPR report stated that participants from the village—both
young and old—gathered for the occasion and engaged in traditional practices
that included sowing rice, singing cultural songs, feasting and celebrating
together on their return from the fields.
- The programme was aimed at imparting traditional knowledge
and values to the younger generation, while also fostering a spirit of cultural
preservation.
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- Keduo Rüpreo, an elder of the village, shared insights into
the village traditional farming methods.
- “In our practice, trees and shrubs in the fields are cleared
in December, the land is burnt in February and seeds are sown in March and
April,” he explained. Among the crops cultivated in Chiechama are Job’s tear,
rice, sorghum, maize, chili, cucumber, white pumpkin, yam, tomato, beans, sweet
potato and more.
- Currently, approximately 250 individuals and families are
engaged in cultivation along the Chiethu stretch. Officials from the
Agriculture department were also present and witnessed the event.
- The Lida Peli group plans to continue this cultural
initiative during the harvest season later in the year.
