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Lashi women thrashing in the fields Moko Hka valley.
'The Lashis practise intensive terrace cultivation. They cultivate yi [slash-burn cultivation sites] on the steep hillside but all low lying land is terraced. A dual system of land ownership therefore exists. The yis belong to the village group but there is private ownership of the terraced fields. The owner of a lowland field may sell his land but he has to obtain permission of his headman and make some payment to him at the time of the sale. All tribesmen have to give the headman a certain amount of rice annually. This is set aside by the headman for the entertainment of guests and for use at communal festivals. No neighbours practise terrace cultivation. The practice has, I think, been brought from China by the Lashis. At the time of thrashing some small nat offerings are made in the fields. The Lashis were very perturbed in case I offended the nats by approaching too close to their thrashing floor. I was asked not to go closer than ten or twelve yards' [dissertation, 1934:240-241].
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'The Lashis practise intensive terrace cultivation. They cultivate yi [slash-burn cultivation sites] on the steep hillside but all low lying land is terraced. A dual system of land ownership therefore exists. The yis belong to the village group but there is private ownership of the terraced fields. The owner of a lowland field may sell his land but he has to obtain permission of his headman and make some payment to him at the time of the sale. All tribesmen have to give the headman a certain amount of rice annually. This is set aside by the headman for the entertainment of guests and for use at communal festivals. No neighbours practise terrace cultivation. The practice has, I think, been brought from China by the Lashis. At the time of thrashing some small nat offerings are made in the fields. The Lashis were very perturbed in case I offended the nats by approaching too close to their thrashing floor. I was asked not to go closer than ten or twelve yards' [dissertation, 1934:240-241].
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