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Culture change in two Garo villagesBook 1978 • Majumdar, Dhirendra Narayan
Garo • Asia > South Asia
This is a study of the effect of economic change on basic Garo institutions. Majumdar compares two villages from the Ambeng sub-tribe. Because of increased population in the region and land scarcity, both villages have reached the limits of shifting ...A Study of social attitudes among the Garoarticle 1968 • Goswami, M. C. & Majumdar, Dhirendra Narayan
Garo • Asia > South Asia
This work is a compilation of odd topics leftover from the investigators main research. Goswami and Majumdar write about sex, social gradations, grief, anger, dream symbolism, supernatural beings, social control, personality types, and suicide. On th...The Mahari among the Garoarticle 1964 • Goswami, M. C. & Majumdar, Dhirendra Narayan
Garo • Asia > South Asia
This is a description of Garo clan organization. Members of the same clan (MACHONG) residing in the same village are called MAHARI, and represent the smallest effective unit of Garo clan organization. The MAHARI is also the common property-holding un...A Study of women's position among the Garoarticle 1965 • Goswami, M. C. & Majumdar, Dhirendra Narayan
Garo • Asia > South Asia
In this paper, Goswami and Majumdar argue that in spite of Garo society being matrilineal, women are no more powerful than their sisters in patrilineal societies. Descent, inheritance, family succession, and residence are reckoned matrilineally, howe...