The Agricultural Festivals of Missing Tribe of Assam From Sociological Perspective

Sagarika Sharma

Abstract: Festivals are some auspicious dates or a period of time time, celebrated in human society, consisting different rites and rituals, beliefs, traditions in it. It carries social, cultural and religious elements of a society and glimpses of unity among the inhabitants of a particular group always reflect through the celebration of festivals. Ali Aye Ligang and Po: Rag are two agriculture based festivals among the Mising community of Assam, having traditional socio-religious beliefs and unique cultural elements. The Mising community perform these festivals with the feeling of oneness till today. The study tries to look at the socio-cultural and religious aspects of Ali Aye Ligang and Po: Rag and the present status regarding the celebration of these festivals.

Keywords: Misings, agricultural festivals, Ali Aye Ligang, Po: Rag, socio-cultural and religious beliefs