Tribal contributions to Assamese culture

Jakir Hussain

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.74737

Tribal contributions to Assamese culture

Author(s)	Jakir Hussain
Country	India
Abstract	The Assamese culture is the result of the combination of cultures of various ethnic groups, Aryans and non-Aryans who have settled in Assam since ancient times. There are many different types of ethnic groups in Assam. These ethnic groups have come together at different times since ancient times to make the Brahmaputra River vast and flowing. The tribes of Assam do not mean the tribes confined to the political and geographical boundaries of Assam at present. Arunachal, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland – the tribes of all these countries must also be included. Hybridization is the intermarriage of one race with another for whatever political or social reasons. Every reader familiar with history knows that during the reign of the Koch, Chutia and Ahom dynasties several centuries ago, intermarriage took place between different castes and other tribal people also passed to the northern classes with royal status. The Assamese language is originally derived from the Indian Aryan languages. It is believed that the Aryans migrated to Assam from around the first century AD. The Aryan language also entered Assam with the migration of the Aryans. Before that, only the spoken languages of the indigenous tribes like Boro, Chutia, Khasia, Karbi, Missing etc. were spoken in Assam. The history of Assamese literature shows that the main patrons of old Assamese literature were the Aryan kings. The kings of Komata, Konch and Ahom sponsored poets and translated many books from Sanskrit into Assamese. There are many tribal elements in the religion and folk beliefs of Assam. Apart from Aryan Hinduism, tribal religions such as Buddhism, Islam and Christianity are practiced in Assam. There are also temples, shrines, viharas, mosques, churches, etc. associated with each religion. Aryan Hinduism is divided into Shaiva-Shakta and Vaishnava. These sections contain various folk beliefs and practices prevalent in tribal societies since ancient times. There is a significant tribal contribution to the beliefs of dreams, journeys, social relationships, oaths, casteless or classless social systems, etc.
Keywords	Caste, Aryan, Non-Aryan, Tribe, Culture, Hybrid, Migration, Tribal, Contribution
Field	Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 6, November-December 2023
Published On	2023-11-10
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.74737

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