The Hajong of Assam. An Ethnographic Profile of a Least Studied Bodo-Kachari Tribe

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, grade: 1, , language: English, abstract: The present paper is a brief ethnographic report on the Hajong tribe of Assam. They are a least studied small endogamous Bodo-Kachari tribe having a trans-border international presence i.e. in NE India and in Bangladesh. A huge number of them migrated to India from their homeland in erstwhile East-Pakistan. The paper is based on the data collected through standard anthropological methods from two remote Hajong villages viz. Kuhiarbari and Kotha Adarsha, located along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in Margherita Sub-division, Tinsukia district, upper Assam. The Hajongs are patrilineal, patriarchal and patrilocal; and in marital alliances the rules of tribal endogamy and clan exogamy are followed. They have the traditional custom of paying bride price - Khalti. The people by and large live in nuclear families. Agriculture is the main occupation of the Hajongs. They follow Hinduism; Bastu puja and Bash puja are important religious ceremonies of the people performed by the Deoshi (traditional village priest).

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Boby Dutta, Ripunjoy Sonowal, Ripunjo Sonowal
• Edition: Grin Verlag
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre de poche
• Date de parution: 30.06.2015
• Catégorie: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Ethnologie > Folklore
• EAN: 9783656974574
• ISBN: 978-3-656-97457-4
• Nombre de pages: 24
• Dimensions (emballage): 14,8 x 21 x 0,2 cm
• Poids (emballage): 51 g
• Thème: Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V299813; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V299813
• Catégories: Profile, Assam, Tribe, Ethnographic, hajong, bodo-kachari