30, August 2025

A Study on the Cultural Resilience and Adaptation by the Sonowal Kacharis of Assam in a Culturally Globalized worldob

VOLUME-11; ISSUE-8; AUG-2025

Author(s): Dr. Juri Saikia

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Assistant Professor in History, D.D.R. College, Chabua, Dibrugarh, Assam

DOIs:10.2015/IJIRMF/202508025     |     Paper ID: IJIRMF202508025


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The Sonowal Kachari tribe, indigenous to Assam, is a Mongoloid people who belong to the Tibeto-Burman language group. They have been living in Assam since ancient times. Their population is mostly located in upper Assam. They are the third-largest plain tribe in Assam. As an indigenous tribe, the Sonowal Kacharis have a rich culture, including traditional music, dance, and folk songs. They also have their dialect, customs, and rituals. However, they have experienced different new socio-cultural elements from various factors, such as sanskritization, assimilation, and modernization, at different phases of time. Globalization is also an important factor that has created new ideas, knowledge, and opportunities for them. It has opened up new economic opportunities for the Sonowal Kachari community.  These opportunities include access to global markets and modern industries. Indeed, their traditional culture is influenced by the elements of cultural globalization, and due to the impact of cultural globalization, the community has been exposed to diverse cultures. However, it is also true that globalisation, despite its impact on them, has not been able to fully grasp their culture due to certain socio-political reasons fully. Although globalization has harmed the traditional culture of the Sonowal Kachari community, the Sonowal Kacharis have managed to preserve their culture from being lost to the effects of globalization. They are trying to preserve and promote their unique tradition of dialect, traditional attire, rituals, and customs, etc., through various ways.

Keywords: Assam, the Sonowal Kacharis, cultural globalization

Assam, the Sonowal Kacharis, Cultural globalization

Dr. Juri Saikia (2025); A Study on the Cultural Resilience and Adaptation by the Sonowal Kacharis of Assam in a Culturally Globalized World, International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Field, ISSN(O): 2455-0620, Vol-11, Issue-8, Pp. 204-209.         Available on –   https://www.ijirmf.com/

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