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| Article Name : | | | CULTURAL ASSIMILATION AMONG THE ETHNIC COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY OF THE TRIBES LIVING IN THE SOUTH KAMRUP (GUWAHATI) TRIBAL BELT | | Author Name : | | | Indrani Medhi | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-4377 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Assam is the congregation of many races, cultures, languages and religion which have largely moulded into a unified cohesive culture. Due to continuous interaction and cultural adaptation of multiple ethnic groups, a symbolic culture has developed. The tribes of Assam belong to the Mongoloid stock. Each of the tribes has its own importance and unique heritage. This paper attempts to study the process of assimilation as observed among the different ethnic communities residing in the South Kamrup (Guwahati) Tribal Belt due to continuous interaction with non tribal population. The South Kamrup (Guwahati) Tribal Belt was constituted on 27th February, 1950 (Vide Notification number ( RD74/46/172). A tribal belt generally refers to the areas pre-dominated by indigenous and other backward communities notified under Chapter X of the Assam Land And Revenue Regulation Act of 1886 that was amended in the year 1947. | | Keywords : | | |
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