IMMANENCE AND THE PRINCIPLE OF ULTIMACY IN THE DIMASA CULTURE OF NORTHEAST INDIA
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v4.i1.2023.2746Keywords:
Dimasa, Tribal Culture, Animism, Creation, Harvesting Festivals, Afterlife, ImmanenceAbstract [English]
The Dimasa, a tribal community in Northeast India, enjoy a long and proud heritage. Their creation stories, their celebrations of sacrifices and particularly the thanksgiving festival Bushu/Busu (harvesting festival), and their beliefs about death and afterlife are examined. Their stories, practices, and culture reveal a society that presents a non-dualistic, immanent worldview.
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