Folk Culture of the Misings of Assam

Folk Culture of the Misings of Assam
Author: Ashok Sarma
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2004
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

The Book Is An In-Depth Study Of The Socio-Cultural Life Of The Mising Tribe Of Assam. It Studies The Factors Influencing Their Material Culture, Traditional Life Pattern, Art And Craft Activity Et Al. And Tries To Analyze The Impact Of Modernisation, Acculturation And Urbanization Faced By Them.

Practising Cultural Geographies

Practising Cultural Geographies
Author: Ravi S. Singh
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2022-05-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811664153

This festschrift honours Prof. Rana P.B. Singh who has dedicated his life to teaching and conducting research on cultural geography with a ‘dweller Indian perspective’. The book focuses on the cultural geographies of India, and to an extent that of South Asia. It is a rich collection of 23 essays on the themes apprised by him, covering landscapes, religion, heritage, pilgrimage and tourism, and human settlements.

Mising Folk Tales

Mising Folk Tales
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2013
Genre: Miri (Indic people)
ISBN: 9788126044399

A collection of the English translations of folk tales of Mising people in Assam with introduction by editor about Mising people's history.

Cultural Contours of North-East India

Cultural Contours of North-East India
Author: Birendranath Datta
Publisher: OUP India
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-04-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780198075578

This book explores aspects of culture and folklore of different states and tribes of north-east India. It examines arts and crafts, regional painting traditions, puppetry, literature, performing arts, cultural relations between different states, and religious cults and movements of the region.

Sacred Groves, Cultural Ecosystems and Conservation

Sacred Groves, Cultural Ecosystems and Conservation
Author: Rena Laisram
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2023-04-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1527501078

Sacred Groves, Cultural Ecosystems and Conservation addresses the increasing contemporary relevance of ecosystems being depleted at an alarming rate worldwide. The purpose of this collection of essays is to bring together different perspectives on sacred groves in the context of the cultural and spiritual dimensions of biodiversity conservation. In offering an experience of sacred natural sites in varied cultural contexts of Africa and Asia, it raises a common concern for natural resource management. Based on the long-term research of the contributing authors, the nine chapters reflect a continuous process of redefining sacred spaces within an interdisciplinary framework grounded on existing literature and ethnographic field research. The highlight of the discourse is the complex interactions and negotiations between the ‘sacred’ and the ‘secular’; which brings center-stage the subject of sacred status that communities have given to nature. This book will be of interest to researchers and general audience alike interested and concerned with earth ecosystems and the spiritual world, creating a space for critical enquiry and future hopes in the face of threatening habitat loss.

Missing tribes in Assam

Missing tribes in Assam
Author: Hemanta Saikia
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2014-12-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3656868808

Essay from the year 2013 in the subject South Asian Studies, South-Eastern Asian Studies, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: The Mising is a major ethnic group of north east India and second largest tribe in Assam. As per 2001 census the Mising constitutes 17.8 percent of the tribal population of Assam and the total numbers of Mising population is 587,310. They are found mostly in Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Dibrugarh Dhemaji and Golaghat Districts of Assam. The Mising, being riverside people, have special liking to live on the riverbanks in spite of the fact that they have to face the flood of the river during the monsoon. Sometime flood force them to shift their villages. The Mising are still very backward and their socio-economic conditions have not developed. This essay attempts to explore the socio-economic condition of Mising people of Assam. Despite of the development of the socio economic structure of the Missing tribes, there is a gap still remains the socio economic development. Even though constitution provided a strong framework for the development of the Mising tribes they are still remain backward and so still strong foundation for the development of them is needed.

Assam

Assam
Author: Chandra Bhushan
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2005
Genre: Assam (India)
ISBN: 9788178353524

A comprehensive book on Assam its heritage and culture. Assam is full of mountains, plateaus, river streams, various tribes, dense forests, and rare wild species. The author attempts to discuss all aspects its ancient history, its contribution in freedom struggle, tribal dances, weaving industry, tourist places, drama and cinema and a special focus of Gopinath Bardolai A useful book on history and culture of Assam.