Abstract

Religion as one of the basic institution in every human society is a system of beliefs usually involving the worship of supernatural forces or beings which continues to have major influence. This paper is an attempt to explain the continuity and change in religion among the Tangkhul Naga tribe in North-East India. The people had a traditional religion which was a belief in the existence of spirits. During the British rule in India, Christianity swept over the entire region and this tribal community had since then embraced Christianity yet the tradition, beliefs system, symbols etc continue to be major part of their culture.

Highlights

  • The religion of the Tangkhul Naga: continuity and change as a research article is an outcome of an intensive fieldwork among the Tangkhul Naga tribe North-East India

  • The tribal community which is under study had their own traditional, ancestral religion which was known as Hao but the people are living a converted Christian life and the Tangkhul community constitutes the major bulk of the population among the hill tribes of Manipur State of India

  • This article is a product of an intensive research among the Tangkhul Naga tribal community who had a drastic change from traditional religion to Christianity

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Introduction

The religion of the Tangkhul Naga: continuity and change as a research article is an outcome of an intensive fieldwork among the Tangkhul Naga tribe North-East India. The tribal community which is under study had their own traditional, ancestral religion which was known as Hao but the people are living a converted Christian life and the Tangkhul community constitutes the major bulk of the population among the hill tribes of Manipur State of India. During my fieldwork I wanted to find out about every aspects of their traditional religion such as rituals, rites, symbols, the god they worshipped and its influence upon this tribal community Another important objective of this research was to look into the way Christianity swept across this indigenous tribal community and the process of conversion.

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