Tassey- New Nyishi Song Video

Did you know Tassey is an endangered plant?
Arenga micrantha, local name Tassey is a plant only found in the eastern Himalayan region which covers certain parts of Northeast India, Bhutan and Tibet.
One of the most interesting thing about Tassey is how it helped to survive some of the natives of Arunachal Pradesh during the cold ages of living in the wild. It was a staple food at that time when people lived in jungle and survived mainly on Tassey and wild animal and fish. The process of making Tassey is very difficult process and requires quite a labour. And to remember the hardships of making Tassey and the life of our ancestors we made this video to showcase how Tassey played an important role in the history of our people. It can be consumed in different ways. By mixing pouring boiling water into Tassey and water paste it turns to gelly substance which is consumed with meat and soup. It can also be dry fried or roasted.
There are even stories how Tassey helped the local people survive in the jungle during the 1962 Indo-China War.
Arenga micrantha is a really special palm! A strange looking, multistemmed Arenga that grows to more than 6 m (20 ft.) tall and carries elegant, large, flat, evenly pinnate leaves with silvery white undersides. Growing up to an incredible 2000-2150 m (6500-7000 ft.) above sea level, it occasionally endures a light winter snow and freezes in its habitat in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas, and is certainly the most cool hardy in its genus.
Arenga micrantha was described as recently as 1988 from Tibet (would you have thought that any palm grows there?) and has now also been found to occur in Bhutan and northeastern India. It is extraordinary how this comparatively large palm could have remained undetected in an area that has been well and truly botanized for a hundred years, yet this is what has happened. Following the initial discovery of a small group of plants in northeastern India, it was found to be growing in several other locations, in some numbers, and is used by the locals for thatching and for the manufacture of brooms. A cool-growing palm, it is best adapted to moist and mild or warm conditions in summer, and cold, dryish conditions in winter, however, in cultivation it has shown to be widely adaptable. Arenga micrantha has been introduced into horticulture through efforts in the 1990s.
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