AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ASSAMESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY : AN ANALYTICAL STUDY

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  • Jonmoni Das, Anjan jyoti Sarma, Biswajit Nath, Ranadev kalita,

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https://doi.org/10.17762/ijma.v9i3.125

Abstract

Culture is the Characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine social habits, music and arts. The word culture derives from a French term, which in turn derives from the Latin colere which means to tend to the earth and grow, or cultivation and nature. Assam is the meeting ground of diverse culture. The people of the enchanting state of Assam are an intermixture of various racial stocks such as Mongoloid, Indo-Burmese, Indo- Iranian and Aryan. The Assamese culture is rich and exotic tapestry of all these races involved through a long assimilative process. The natives of the state of Assam are known as Asomiya?, which is also the state language of Assam. Among all the states of the country, Assam is said to have the largest number of tribes showing a great difference in their tradition, culture, dresses and exotic way of life. The Assamese are noted for their mixed traditional culture because of the assimilation of various ethno-cultural groups in the past including the local elements and the local elements in Sanskritised forms can be seen. However the Assamese culture is mainly influenced by the Kamrupa Kingdom which had been grouped here for nearly 700 years. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people of Assam. It includes cultivation of various crops like rice, different pulses, jute, tea, fruits, sugarcane, potatoes, cotton, oil seeds, coconut and areca nut. Basically, the culture of Assam is traditionally a hybrid one, developed due to cultural assimilation of different ethno-cultural groups under various political-economic systems in different periods of history.

 

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2020-10-01

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Jonmoni Das, Anjan jyoti Sarma, Biswajit Nath, Ranadev kalita,. (2020). AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ASSAMESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY : AN ANALYTICAL STUDY. International Journal of Modern Agriculture, 9(3), 163 - 165. https://doi.org/10.17762/ijma.v9i3.125

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