Research Paper
Year: 2019 | Month: August | Volume: 6 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 494-499
Rites of Passage: A Study of Deori Community Living In the Dhemaji District of Assam
Bhushita Sharma
Shantipara, Civil Hospital Road, Mangaldai-784125, Assam <ABSTRACT
Rituals are part of every culture. The life cycle is used as metaphor denoting the passageway of a human being through the successive stages of life from birth to death through childhood, adolescence, adult life and old age. The rituals make and mark transition makes them especially salient for life cycle changes. Life cycle events and transitions such as birth, marriage, and death are most frequently marked with familiar rituals. Many religious and ethnic groups also have rituals to mark young adult development. This study mainly focused on the life cycle rituals of Deori community covering all aspects such as pre-birth, birth, marriage and death. The main purpose of the study was not only to provide the hidden meaning of those rituals followed by the Deori but also the changing pattern of the rituals. This study was based on primarily on the qualitative method of research for which purposive sampling.
Key words: life cycle rituals, Deori, purity and pollution, Sanskritisation
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