This article is an attempt to re-examine folk material related to the Khasis (A tribe from Meghalaya, India), and discussing them in a manner that will throw light on the larger question of identity. The important connection between identity and folklore can never be denied .Folklore is the most important source for the construction, articulation and perpetuation of identities in oral and semi-oral communities. The Khasi society is one such tribal community, that is gradually making a transition
dance’, the classical Hindu theme found in the tribal dance, and the changes in the dance brought by the new media is worth mentioning which draw to the structure of the community’s identity. (Roma Chatterji, 2009) Studying the Nongkrem dance of the Khasis of Meghalaya, Kapila Vatsyayan (1976) felt that the small and static movements of the women dancers could protray the matrilineal system practiced by them. On the other hand, for Tribhuwan and Tribhuwan (1999) their ethnographic study on the Kolams
different livelihoods. 2. Pastoral – The examples of tribes who have this type of economy are the Bhutias of North India and Todas of South India. 3. Shifting – hill cultivation- This type of primitive dry cultivation is done by The Abor , Baiga , Garo , Khasi , Khond , Mismi , Naga etc. 4. Cultivation – Cultivation is followed by the major tribal communities of India like the Bhil , Bhumij , Gond , Ho, Munda , Oraon , Santal etc. 5. Handicrafts – Many of the tribals are skilled artisans and make various
Indian Tribes : Among the 68 million citizens of India who are members of tribal groups, the Indian tribal religious concepts, terminologies, and practices are as varied as the hundreds of tribes, but members of these groups have one thing in common: they are under constant pressure from the major organized religions. Some of this pressure is intentional, as outside missionaries work among tribal groups to gain converts. Most of the pressure, however, comes from the process of integration within
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