{"id":3825,"date":"2016-05-10T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T04:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=3825"},"modified":"2016-05-10T10:00:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T04:30:04","slug":"majulimishing-traditional-apong-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/majulimishing-traditional-apong-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Majuli|Mishing Traditional Apong Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apong<\/strong> is the traditional rice beer ( country liquor) of Mishing tribe of Majuli<\/strong> ,\u00a0Apong forms an integral part of the culture, traditions and rituals of the Mishings<\/strong> , it\u00a0is an integral part of the life of the Mishing people. It is brewed in every Mishing household.
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Prepration for Apong ( Beer) , Mishing Tribe Majuli Island<\/p><\/div>
\nApong<\/strong> is prepared by fermenting rice, it comes in two types \u2013 Nogin Apong<\/strong> and Poro Apong<\/strong>. The Nogin Apong is whitish in colour, while Poro Apong has a dark greenish colour.<\/strong>
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Rice and burnt husk , Apong , Majuli Island<\/p><\/div>
\nThe method of preparation is different, the two Apongs \u00a0differ in their taste and colour ,\u00a0sophistication involved in brewing rice beer were not only herbs but even the ladies preparing it can change the taste with its moods.
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Herbs are part of brew Apong, Majuli Island<\/p><\/div>
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\nEach house lady has its own taste of brew and recipe is a close secret of a family, each family member enjoys it even the new born kids are given few drops of it to prevent many diseases among the infants.
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Preparing for Brew , Mishing tribe lady, Majuli Island<\/p><\/div>
\nDuring Ali-Aye Ligang<\/strong>\u00a0festival it is offered\u00a0along with chickens and pork to please the spirits and seek their blessings
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the beer pots<\/p><\/div>
\nOne can reach Majuli<\/strong> from Jorhat<\/strong> by road to Nimatighat<\/strong> and then a ferry 1.30 hrs. sailing to cross the river Brahmaputra<\/strong> reach Kamalabari Gha<\/strong>t , there are Jeep\/bus service available for Gramurh<\/strong> , it is also a port of call for river cruise M.V. Mahabaahu<\/strong> .
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Apong is the traditional rice beer ( country liquor) of Mishing tribe of Majuli ,\u00a0Apong forms an integral part of the culture, traditions and rituals of the Mishings , it\u00a0is an integral part of the life of the Mishing people. It is brewed in every Mishing household. Apong is prepared by fermenting rice, it comes … →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21,22,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-religious-belief","category-road-trip","category-trekking"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}