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Cuisine
The traditional Monpa cuisine is known for its
tastes and generous use of chilly and fermented cheese. Butter tea is
their main beverage. It is smooth and shooting. Alcoholic drinks are
popular both amongst men and women. They are mostly non-vegetarians. "Momos";
Monpas are fond of this delicacies. It is prepared by stuffing mixture
of minced meat and onion is dough. These arc steamed for about half and
hour in a three tired perforated utensil placed about another utensil
containing water and hence bones of meat for soup. Apart from these
there are many mount-watering items for their cuisine's such as, Zan,
Khura, Thukpa, Gyapa-Khazi. Other Monpa delicacies are Khatzi, Pua,
Kyola, Kharang.Bak-Tza Margu.
Zan :
it is the staple food of the Monpas. It is prepared
of millet or other flavoured flour available in the market to boiling
water. It is then strived with a flat wooden appliance. It is taken with
a cooked vegetable or meat to which is added fermented cheese or soybean
as condiment .
Khura:
It is a Monpa pancake made of "Khyab" little chang
and require little quantity of water to add to the flour and is stirred
till it turns into a thicky paste and is kept near the hearth over night
so that the cake becomes soft. On the next day, with little amount of
oil in the frying pan the paste is spreaded on it to form a circular
shape. It is taken along with tea.
Gyapa-Khazi:
It is a Monpa version of Pulao. It is prepared by
mixing rice, fermented cheese, small dried fish, chilly, ginger etc.
Thukpa:
It is also one of the most popular and common dish
of the people of Tawang. It is an ingredient of noodles with soup,
minced meat, chilli etc. This kind of Thukpa is called Dre-Thuk. Thukpa
made of maize, meat and bean is called Ashum Thukpa.
Traditional Games & Sports
Majong
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It is a game played by four persons with small
tiles in which the players pick up and discard tiles until one of them
has a winning combination.
Archery :
This is one
of the most popular games played by male folk of Monpa tribe especially
during the period of Losar festival which generally falls in the month
of February. The Bow and arrows are made
of Bamboo and tagged placed at about 50 to 100 metres distance.
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