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| Article Name : | | | LIVELIHOOD CONDITIONS OF THE RABHAS OF COOCH BEHAR :AN ETHNIC AND SOCIO- CULTURAL APPRAISAL | | Author Name : | | | Arindom Biswas | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-3872 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Rabhas are one of the important but little known scheduled tribe community residing in a pocket located in the northeastern corner of India, known for their unique customs, tradition and beliefs. Rabhas have gained enormous popularity for their unique and distinct social customs and traditions and have become the subject of great interest among geographers, sociologists and researchers all over the globe. They reside mainly in Kamrup and Goalpara districts of Assam and Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri districts of West Bengal. They like to dwell in small villages. They have many significant habitual practices with conspicuous ethnic and linguistic characters. They can be parted into two groups on the basis of their occupancy like: the forest dwelling Rabhas and the village dwelling Rabhas. Of these, the later group has intermingled with other racial clusters prevalent in this geographical setting and has undergone acculturation. On the other hand, the former group still practices rudimentary rituals and customs pertaining to them. This paper envisage an overall picture of the livelihood patterns of the Rabhas with special emphasis on their age- old customs and traditions followed by them. | | Keywords : | | |
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