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Volume : III, Issue : IV, May - 2013 CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE RABHAS : AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH M ALINA DEVI RABHA Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The Rabhas are a distinct racial community of the greater Mongoloid ethnic
group of North East India. Anthropologically the Rabhas belong to Mongoloid stock and
linguistically they are included in Sino-Tibetan group.. Like other tribal groups and subgroups
of North -East India and that of Assam and Meghalaya , the Rabhas have been
trying to develop the socio-cultural personality through organized way of living. In
doing so, several organizations and institutions have been organized by the Rabhas since
the inception of their society. The Rabhas are mostly inhabited in the North Eastern part
of India, particularly in Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura.
A section of the Rabhas are concentrated in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. Besides,a
substantial population of the Rabhas are also inhabited in the neigbhouring countries of
India like Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. Though the Rabhas are inhabiting in different
parts of Asaam, both in the northern and the southern bank of the Brahmaputra river,
they are mostly concentrated in Goalpara, Kamrup, Darrang, Udalguri, Baksa, Nalbari,
Sonitpur, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, Kokrajhar, etc. In the present paper an attempt has been
made to assess the rich cultural heritage of the Rabha tribe so as to depict their
variegated ethnicity as a well as socio-cultural milieu. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : M ALINA DEVI RABHA, (2013). CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE RABHAS : AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. IV, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/2352.pdf References : - Allen, B.C., 1905: Assam District Gazetteers, Vol. III, p.49
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