Among the Dimasa of Assam. An Ethnographic Study

Danda, Dipali G.

Published by Sterling Publishers (1978), New Delhi, 1978

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xi,192,(8)pp, 22x14cm, , Includes textual maps,tables, 2 folding kinship charts + 8pp photoplates. Study of the Dimasa people, one of the Kachari tribes of the United Mikir &North Cachar Hills District of eastern Assam [Northeastern India]. Contents: Historical Backround; Setting; The Village & their People; Phases of Life; Structure of the Society; The Dimasa Economy; On Polity; Light Aspects of Life; The Other World; Changing Dimasa Life; Postscript; Appendices: Copies of Court Cases; Lists of Sengfong (Patriclan) & Jaddi ( Matriclan); Dimasa Songs; Rituals & Worship of Dimasa Gods; Case Studies of a Few Worships. Minor rubbing, VG, in a torn & rubbed dustwrapper., dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 004817

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Title: Among the Dimasa of Assam. An Ethnographic ...

Publisher: Sterling Publishers (1978), New Delhi

Publication Date: 1978

Binding: orig. cloth

Illustrator: 8pp photoplates