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| Article Name : | | | MAYANG : THE LAND WITH ATRADITION OF MAGICAL BELIEF SYSTEM IN ASSAM | | Author Name : | | | Utpal Saikia | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-4188 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Mayang in Assam is perhaps best known as the 'land of black magic and witchcraft'. Situated in the Morigaon district of Assam, the erstwhile kingdom of Mayang is today one of the largest development blocks in the state. Human society is a dynamic entity with its varied peculiarities. Societies in different parts of the world have developed a spectrum of rituals, habits, rules, norms and belief systems depending upon their convenience and natural environment. In an attempt to reconstruct the past we are bound to face lots of obstacles with distinctive features of their own. Despite of that each society should be analysed in conformity with the environment in which they lived and their reaction to their surroundings with its institutions that had emerged in the process of change. Mayang is famous for the tradition of magical belief system and the manuscripts i.e. mantraputhis still prevalent in the area refers about that rich heritage. | | Keywords : | | |
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