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Burma image, WA0346. Ferries and Kambiti pass. [Terraced fields] (Researcher's notes in brackets)
In the Kachin hills it was relatively uncommon to find terraced cultivation - typically Kachin people would employ slash-burn methods of cultivation. However, the Lachik [Lashi] and the Gauri peoples were known to engage in terraced farming.
*****The Gauris in addition to their yi [slash-burn cultivation sites] work terrace cultivation. The terraced fields were taken from the Palaungs who were driven out of these hills in the past. They do not prepare new terraces themselves but occasionally hire Chinamen to do so. The ownership of terraced fields is similar to that of the Lashi. [dissertation, 1934:288]
*****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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In the Kachin hills it was relatively uncommon to find terraced cultivation - typically Kachin people would employ slash-burn methods of cultivation. However, the Lachik [Lashi] and the Gauri peoples were known to engage in terraced farming.
*****The Gauris in addition to their yi [slash-burn cultivation sites] work terrace cultivation. The terraced fields were taken from the Palaungs who were driven out of these hills in the past. They do not prepare new terraces themselves but occasionally hire Chinamen to do so. The ownership of terraced fields is similar to that of the Lashi. [dissertation, 1934:288]
*****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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