The Sarania Kachari is an ethnic community in the state of Assam, Northeast India. Members of this community are mostly found in the districts of Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup (Rural), Nalbari, Baksa, Udalguri, Darrang, Barpeta, Dhemaji and Bongaigoan.[2] Sarania (also called sanya kachari locally) is a category in the tribe-caste continuum of Assamese society. This category is also known as Phairi in the Nowgong district of Assam.[3] In this category, a tribal neophyte starts giving up on habits such as the drinking of liquor.[4] Scholars have identified an instance of this process taking place in Boroma area in the erstwhile Nalbari district in the late 19th century, where a section of Boro population were assimilated into the Assamese society.[5] The notable surnames used by the community are Sarania, Das, Deka, Choudhury, Medhi, Hazarika etc.[6]
Sarania Kachari | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Lower Assam | |
| Languages | |
| Assamese | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism[1] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Boro people |
References edit
- Haloi, Jurimani (2017). A socio cultural study of the sarania kacharis in assam with special reference to literature (PhD). Gauhati University. hdl:10603/223897.
- Sharma, Chandan Kumar (2009). "Tribe Caste Continuum and the Formation of Assamese Identity". In Medhi, B.K (ed.). Tribes of North-East India: Issues and Challenges. Delhi: Omsons Publications. pp. 354–366.
- Cantile, Audrey (1980). CASTE AND SECT IN AN ASSAMESE VILLAGE (Ph.D.). University of London.
Notes edit
- ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "HOME". udalguri.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ (Cantile 1980:237)
- ^ (Cantile 1980:237)
- ^ "The case presented here is from the Boroma area in the erstwhile Nalbari district of lower Assam. In this area, several neo-vaishnavite satras has undertaken the proselytisation of the Bodo-Kachari tribal population since late 19th century.(Sharma,2005:160) A number of villages of the area became saranias under the influence of the satras. These sarania Bodo villages accepted Assamese language and culture and in due course most of them got assimilated with the Assamese society."(Sharma 2009, p. 361)
- ^ Haloi (2017), p. 2: In the zeal towards their newly accepted faith they preferred to use surnames such as Sarania, Das, Deka, Choudhury, Medhi and Hazarika etc.