A Brief Study Of Tiwa Tribe Of North East

Abstract

Assam is a land of many tribes and communities express their opinions and emotions through their own languages besides English. Generally, when we say Assamese, we usually refer to a mixed population of various tribes and communities. Statistics reveals that there are 66 tribe’s community and sub communities in Assam. Tiwa inhabits various districts of Assam. It might be mentioned that till the tiwa were given there separate administrative until, they did not have the required opportunities for the development of their culture, language and literature. They were even deprived of primary education. However, the tiwas or lalung people are living in hills and plains name in the North Eastern part of Indi. Major living mainly in the middle part of Assam, Morigaon, Nagaon, South East part of Kamrup, West Karbi Anglong (block-II duramia and Amri Mouzas) and north east part of Ribhoi district of Meghalaya. The Tiwa people are living in a compact area; but they are divided into different parts by the political boundaries of Assam and Meghalaya two states.