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This document summarizes a community fishing event among tribal communities in the Kamrup District of Assam, India. Hundreds of people from different villages assemble to fish together for days at a time in the flooded wetlands (beels) of the region during winter. A variety of fishing gears are used including scoop nets, lift nets, falling gears, spears, and push nets. The most common catches include small fish species as well as air-breathing fish and aquatic insects, which are consumed on-site. Women make

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panky protim

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