People
from the Tiwa community catching fish during the “Community Fishing”
and Tiwa women exchanging their commodities by barter system, as part of
the ‘Jonbeel Mela’ at Jonbeel lake. Image by Abdul Sajid. Copyright
Demotix.
The centuries old Jonbeel mela,
a community fair in the North-east Indian State of Assam, has a unique
ritual. Around 10,000 indigenous people from tribes like Karbi, Khasi, Tiwa, and Jayantia of the northeast come down from the hills to Jonbeel wetlands with their produces or catch and interchange with the local people in a barter system.
Usha Dewani at the India Water Portal informs that the annual three-day festival is being celebrated since the 15th century. Around 100,000 people visit the market each year.
Source: globalvoicesonline
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