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Community
Dimasa
Category
Traditional Practices
Summary
This video is about the frog wedding for rain in the village narrated by Dipankar Hajger of Joypur village.
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, History, Traditional Practices
Summary
The video shows the Shibarai Madaikho (Shiv temple) of Sheorarthal village in Cachar district, Assam.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Traditional Practices, Oral Traditions
Summary
This is a visual representation of frog marriage practiced among the Hawar Dimasas of Cachar district of Assam. The frog marriage ceremony was demonstrated for the Dimasa archive team at Joypur village in Cachar on May 22, 2022.
Khaoroma Jukuba (Frog Wedding)
Community
Dimasa
Category
Traditional Practices, Oral Traditions
Summary
The frog wedding is praticed among the Hawar Dimasas of Cachar district of Assam for rain in the villages narrated by Dipankar Hagjer of Joypur village.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna, Food, Traditional Practices
Summary
Phanthao Khari is a traditional cuisine of Dimasa culture. The primary components of phanthao khari are phanthao and khari. It is a phanthao stew.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Traditional Practices
Summary
Baidi Reginbani Baikho is the opening of Baikho where the men and women walk in a big circle to start the Baidima dance.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Dance, Traditional Practices
Summary
Madai Khilimbani is a ritual of Bushu Dima festival where boys and girls visit everyone's home and take blessings from the elders.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Traditional Practices
Summary
Bushu Gaba is a traditional practice of Dimasa people where boys and girls visit to everyones home and take blessings during Bushu Dima.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Dress and Ornaments, Traditional Practices
Summary
The video documented on the weaving of Rasambai, the traditional attire of Dimasa.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Traditional Practices, Scholarly Works
Summary
This video shows the Bushu ni Haoba ritual in which men echo their voices in a rhythmic 'ho ho' in a group together infront of the village headmen to start the festival.
Mangkhulng
Community
Dimasa
Category
Traditional Practices
Summary
A sacred structure built to honour and preserve the memory of the deceased.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Traditional Practices
Summary
A Daikho is a sacred grove or abstract temple in Dimasa tradition that represents the home of God in a specific area of Dimasa land.