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The Deepor Beel is a large and prominent floodplain lake located in the south-west of Guwahati city in Assam. It is a Wildlife Sanctuary of the Government of Assam and an important Ramsar site since 2002. Its basin is drained by a system of rivulets and hill streams that connect the neighbouring…
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Jonmani Das
Bhaona, along with the entire structural set-up that engendered the art form can help us develop a well-grounded idea about the interface between performing art, culturally endowed tropes, and the public sphere it worked with. There are two points to consider here. Firstly, cultural categories…
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People and Practices: An Outline
This article is based on a study of the textile practices of the ‘Dimasa Kachari’, a sub group of the ‘Greater Kachari’ clan, who belong to the Indo-Mongoloid group of peoples. Their main settlements are in Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong, Nowgong and Cachar districts of…
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Identity
The Dimasa Kachari tribe in Cachar District of Assam is a sub-group of the Dimasa community spread across Assam and Nagaland. According to Bathari (2014:13), ethnically the Dimasas are known to be part of the Bodo group, but in the history of Assam they are mostly referred to as Kachari.…
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Allen, B.C. 1905. Assam District Gazetteers: Cachar. Calcutta: The Baptist Mission Press.
Bardalai, B.N. 1988. Dimasa Kacharis of Assam. Guwahati:Tribal Research Institute, Assam.
Barman, Biswayoti. 2013. Dimasa Vir Kingbadanti Purush Sambhudhan Phonglo: Uttar Purbanchaler Ekti Anyatama Jagoron…
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