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(यह आलेख गांव तोकापाल , बस्तर के राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार से सम्मानित बुनकर सिंधुदास पनका सेअगस्त २०१८ में हुई चर्चा पर आधरित है )
बस्तर में कपड़ा बुनाई का काम पनका , माहरा , कोष्टा देवांगन ,चंडार और गांडा जाति के लोग करते थे। इनमें से पनका और…
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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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Kanak Rajadhyaksha
The Dongariya Kondh women embroider Kapdagondas for their family members, lovers and themselves. The Kapdagonda, they say, is an expression of love. Women usually gather in the evenings behind their homes and embroider together. A Kapdagonda may take anything between 15 days to six months to…
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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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Sreya Mukherjee
The article sheds light on how shola craft is actually made by the artisans and the community that revolves around this cottage industry. The shola plant is lithe and flimsy, so working with it takes out-and-out concentration and training on the part of the artisan. Inside the coarse woody outer…
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