The volume is concerned with the various communities of Assam and their socio-cultural and spiritual traditions. The articles written by scholars explore the traditional heritage and way of life of the Dimasas (Burmans) of Barak Valley, the Karbi clans, the Bodos and the rules and divine philosophy of the Baathou, the Rabha people, and the Misings and the Oraons among others. They delve into the mode of worship, birth, marriage and divorce, death and rites ...
A Glimpse of Greatness: Karbi National Icons: A Major-Hills Tribe of North East India