Taro
In culture

In Meitei mythology and Meitei folklore of Manipur, Taro (Meitei: ꯄꯥꯟ, romanized: paan) plants are mentioned. One significant instance is the Meitei folktale of the Hanuba Hanubi Paan Thaaba (Meitei for ' Old Man and Old Woman planting Taro '). In this story, an old man and an old woman, were deceived by some monkeys regarding the planting of the Taro plants in a very different way. The old man and woman followed the monkeys' advice, peeling off the best tubers of the plants, then boiling them in a pot until softened and after cooling them off, wrapping them in banana leaves and putting them inside the soils of the grounds. In the middle of the night, the monkeys secretly came into the farm and ate all the well cooked plants. After their eating, they (monkeys) planted some inedible giant wild plants in the place where the old couple had placed the cooked plant tubers. In the morning, the old couple were amazed to see the plants getting fully grown up just after one day of planting the tubers. They were unaware of the tricks of the monkeys. So, the old couple cooked and ate the inedible wild Taro plants. As a reaction of eating the wild plants, they suffered from the unbearable tingling sensation in their throats.

Native Hawaiians believe that the taro plant (kalo) grew out of the still-born body of one of the first two humans conceived by gods Hoʻohokukalani and Wākea; thus is connected to humans more than just providing sustenance. Thus, it is often a part of sacred offerings given in ceremonies.
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