essay
The Garos: the name, meanings, and its origin
Hill societies, their modernisation : a study of north east with special reference to Garo Hills • New Delhi • Published In 1995 • Pages: 32-41
By: Sangma, Mihir N..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, Sangma reviews the various theories regarding the origin of the word 'garo.' The Garos refer to themselves as 'A'chik,' meaning 'hill,' or 'A'chik manderang,' meaning 'hill man,' and refer to their country as 'A'chik A'song,' or 'hill land.' Various theories speculate that the word 'garo' is derived from an early Garo chief (Garu Mandei), a place in Tibet (Garu Pradesh), a tribe (Gara-Ganching), an early kingdom (Gaur), a native bird (Garrurah), etc. Sangma also discusses the origins of the words 'A'chik,' 'manderang,' and 'A'song.'
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Traditional history
- Historical reconstruction
- Music
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Garo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Garo Hills Autonomous District, Meghalaya State, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- [Mihir N. Sangma]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 41)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95910488
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garo (Indic people)