Highlighting the intangible cultural heritage of Assam, the gateway to northeast India, the present volume contains papers under seven themes for documenting such heritage. They include Folk Tales, Rituals, Cults and Religious Practices, Festivals, Music and Performing Arts, Arts and Crafts, Culinary Traditions, Ethno-Sciences and Conservation of Biodiversity. Based on field work of a number of scholars, this book is an humble tribute to the creativity as well as the ingenuity of the Assamese Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is hoped that the volume would be relevant to anthropologists, sociologists and other connoisseur of folk and tribal heritage as well as traditional knowledge system.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brinchi K. Medhi
Brinchi K. Medhi is a Professor of Social Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology of Gauhati University, Assam. He is a recipient of gold medal for securing First class First Position in Anthropology from Gauhati University, Assam. He has been conducting extensive field studies among the various ethno-cultural groups of North-east India a novelist, short story writer, poet, column writer, and lyricist in Assamese language.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kishor K. Basa
"Kishor K. Basa has been teaching archaeological anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar since 1980. A Ph.D. from University of London and a Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow, University of Cambridge, Professor Basa was Director, IGRMS, Bhopal; Indian Museum, Kolkata and Anthropological Survey of India. He was President, Archaeology Section of Indian History Congress as well as Anthropological and Behavioural Science Section of Indian Science Congress. He has excavated the sites of Malikhoja (Sankerjung), Harirajpur and Gourangapatana—all in Odisha.
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