Others include Askot‚ Binsar‚ and Gananath. In all these areas‚ fairs are held regularly and rituals performed. But the trees seem to have lost their religious importance in the minds of the people. * Some of the richest groves are found in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya‚ where almost every village is said to have had a grove‚ known locally as the lawkyntangs. The largest of them are in Mawphlang and Mausmai. These groves are a storehouse of a large number of rare plant species. The local people
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statehood in January 21 1972 comprising of the Khasi hills‚ Jaintia Hills and Garo Hills. Meghalaya in Sanskrit means the abode of clouds and like other states of Northeast it’s completely green and has rich flora and fauna diversity. Meghalaya is one of the smallest states of India and has Christianity as the predominantly faith in the state mainly because of the British influence during their rule in India. The entire state is divided in to Khasi Hills‚ Garo Hills and Jaintia Hills and as a result
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Introduction According to the traditional belief‚ religion cannot be practiced without the performance of rites and rituals. Rites and rituals are so much connected with the human life of the primitive peoples. However‚ rites and rituals are found not only among the primitive or tribal people‚ but very much among the other religions of the world. Therefore rites and rituals is a very vast subject to be discussed‚ here in the paper we will see some of the rites and rituals which are performed among
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particular distinct race. In other words‚ members of the same ethnic group identify themselves with common culture‚ racial consciousness‚ cultural identity‚ and a belief in a common origin (often mythical) example‚ the folk traditions of the Garos‚ Khasis‚ the Jaintias‚ etc. It was David Reisman in 1953 who first used the term ‘ethnicity’ as a concept in social sciences. However‚ while attempting a discourse on ethnicity‚ it should be remember that it was no new a phenomena but it only changes its
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Scheduled Areas and Tribal Areas : Scheduled Tribes live in contiguous areas unlike other communities. It is‚ therefore‚ much simpler to have an area-approach for development activities and also regulatory provisions to protect their interests. In order to protect the interests of Scheduled Tribes with regard to land alienation and other social factors‚ provisions of ‘‘Fifth Schedule" and ‘‘Sixth Schedule"have been enshrined in the Constitution. The Fifth Schedule under Article 244(1) of Constitution
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Features of Indian Society Society is group of people interacting with each other due to similarities among them as well as differences among them. Our Indian society is said to have “Unity in diversity”. Our preamble recognizes India as a Union of States only because of the vast diversity. some of the features of Indian society are as follows: Hindu way of life: Hindu religion is the indigenous religion of India. And it is said that tolerance and non-violence of Hindu way of life shape the nation
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the clans are so deeply fixed in the minds of the people‚ a change to a dorbar elected by all the people is not possible in the Khasi Hills except in the War area (Cantlie‚ 2008-09: 187-188). This indicates that a dorbar where the representatives are elected by all the people irrespective of clan affiliations‚ like the dorbar shnong of today‚ had never existed in the Khasi Hills in the past‚ except in the War area. These facts also suggest that the emergence of dorbar shnong and rangbah shnong in the
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NATIONALISM Nation and nationalism are two of the msot common word used in political science and in discussion of internatioanl politics. While using these words so oftenly most of us often tend to use them lossely and sometimes also misuse them. Statehood Demands in India’s Northeast: Bodoland As anticipated‚ the creation of Telangana has had a destabilising domino effect on the rest of India. The most recent of these is the demand for a separate Bodoland to be carved out of Assam
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connectivity. MAWPHLANG Mawphlang is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in north-eastern India‚ 25 kilometres from Shillong. Mawphlang is the site of one of the Khasi Hills sacred groves. The main occupation of Mawphlang is cultivation. The people when asked what kind of changes they want to see‚ their answer was simple “transport facilities‚ good marketing of cultivated crops. MAWSYNRAM Mawsynram is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state. It is the wettest
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Bihu Dance of Assam The Bihu dance is a folk dance from the North Eastern Indian state of Assam. It is most related to the festival more commonly known as the Rongali Bihu. This festival is the most anticipated and is celebrated with a tremendous amount of enthusiasm. The festival brings together all the Assamese people‚ disregarding of their caste‚ creed and religious beliefs and ways of life. For the people of Assam‚ Bihu is not just an important festival but also a time to celebrate their livelihood
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