“Revisiting First Fruit Ceremonies: Crisis in the Cornerstone of Indigenous Knowledge and a Possible Way Out,” is an article written by Madhu Ramnath (NTFP-EP India).

“As I have mentioned elsewhere, first fruit ceremonies are markers in the calendar when the first harvest of a fruit or grain happens. Much of literature focuses on the ritual for cultivated plants and refer to the first offering of grain, as a thanksgiving, as with the Jewish bikkurim or the Pongal festival of the Tamils. In this paper I shift the perspective to primarily wild foods, especially those from the forests, and the first fruit ceremonies as practised by the adivasi peoples, especially the Durwa peoples of central India.” (Ramnath)

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