Oral Traditions

Last changed on Thu, 01/01/1970 - 00:00
Khaojeb Gedeba (Big Bamboo Basket).jpg
Community
Dimasa
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices, Oral Traditions
Summary
It is a traditional bamboo storage basket for storing all the necessary things. It is used by Dimasa community in ancient times.
Khaoroma Jukuba (Frog Wedding)
Community
Dimasa
Category
Traditional Practices, Oral Traditions
Summary
This video is about the frog wedding for rain in the villages narrated by Dipankar Hagjer of Joypur village.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Songs, Oral Traditions
Summary
This is a religious song or kirtan performed by Dimasa people in Dul Purnima.
Community
Dimasa
Category
History, Oral Traditions
Summary
Hawarma is famous for its oral history of the royal tanks from the reigns of Raja Tamradhvaj Hasnu and Raja Krishna Chandra Hasnu in the 17th and 18th centuries. Presently, these tanks like Baro Hal and Padda Dighir Par have been converted to fisheries.
Community
Dimasa
Category
History, Traditional Practices, Oral Traditions
Summary
The Durga temple was built during the reign of the Dimasa King Tamradhvaj, and it is about 600 years old, accord. to the community members of the Hawarma village.It is presently under the care of the Bengali priest in Thakurbari area near Hawarma village.
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, History, Oral Traditions
Summary
The Gor Ail hillock is a historical significance to the Dimasa Kachari history, as it bears its name, Gor Ail (in Sylheti Bengali ‘Came home’), after the retreat of Dimasa soldiers in the hillock after a battle with Burmese soldiers in the 18th century.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Oral Traditions
Summary
“Shatraitrai Gonthaitrai” is a children’s quiz game narrating a series of events that starts from the sky and includes questioning every object identified in every answer until the object reaches the royal house.
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, Literature, Oral Traditions
Summary
This is a one line Dimasa riddle on Bullet and Gun narrated by Nrityojoy Barman Hojai of Kumacherra village.
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, Literature, Oral Traditions
Summary
Nokhadao naikhaning dainma phaigongne = dishepba
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, Literature, Oral Traditions
Summary
This is a one line Dimasa riddle on Snake narrated by Nrityojoy hojai of Kumacherra village.