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| The '''Misings''' are an ethnic group inhabiting the districts of | |||
| ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] of ]. Nearly 20,000 live in and around ] of ], ] and ] districts of ]. They are the second largest tribe in Assam and one of the largest tribal groups in North-East India. They were earlier called ]. However the ] still refers them as Miris. Further steps are being taken for amending the nomenclature from Miri to Mising"" in the Indian Constitution by the students of Cotton College of North East India. | |||
| The Misings belong to a mixture of East Asian as well as Southeast Asian ]s{{cn|date=April 2012}}, similar to the mixture of the Mongoloids inside political China (people from Southern China may look more like the South East Asian brown-skinned Mongoloids and Northern China has more fair-skinned Mongoloids.{{cn|date=April 2012}} It's not known exactly where they migrated from, but it is believed{{by whom|date=April 2012}} that they originally lived in the hills of present day Arunachal Pradesh. This explains the cultural and linguistic similarities they have with the people of the Adi (erstwhile ]) tribe, and to some extent of the ] and ] tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. Somewhere around the 13th century, they started migrating towards the plains of Assam, most likely in search of fertile land. That exodus continued for at least 2–3 centuries. | |||
| They found one of the most fertile river-beds (that of the ]) and settled on both banks along the length of the river, starting right from ] in the east, to ] in the west. They continued their practice of living in thatched houses raised on bamboo stilts, known as '']''. | |||
| The yearly floods ensured that the Misings lived a life of abject poverty and misery. ] being their main occupation, floods affect them in more ways than one. Moreover, their affinity towards living close to river banks brings about ] and ]. Nevertheless, 94% still continue to live along the banks of Brahmaputra and its tributaries. | |||
| Their chief festival is Ali:-A:yé-Lígang, in February, which marks the beginning of the sowing season.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Valley in Blossom: Neo-Vaishnavism and the Peoples of the Brahmaputra Valley|author=M. Narimattam|publisher=Spectrum Publications|year=1988|isbn=|page=77}}</ref> Most Misings follow both ] and ] , and there are a few Christians who follow the ] or ] faith. | |||
| ==Language== | |||
| The ] belongs to the ] family of languages, and is spoken by some 25,000 people. | |||
| Script: | |||
| Mising language is written in modified Roman script (Govt. of Assam recognition on 30 October 1985). | |||
| ==Divisions== | |||
| ====General divisions==== | |||
| *Dagdung (belonging to the North) | |||
| *Daktok (belonging to the South) | |||
| ====Linguistic divisions==== | |||
| Typically, it is easy to identify a Dagdung or Daktok from his or her surname. A further classification can be based on the "dialect" of the language. These groups are: | |||
| *Pagro, | |||
| *Mohying | |||
| *Sahyang | |||
| *Delu | |||
| *Dambuk | |||
| *Oyan | |||
| *Samuguria | |||
| *Tamar | |||
| *Samua | |||
| The variations of Mising spoken by these groups differ from each other in intonation, sentence formation, word usage, etc., with the exception of Samugurias, who do not speak Mising at all. They use Assamese instead. | |||
| Mising surnames reflect the clan (''opín'') they belong to. Over 51 clans have been identified so far. | |||
| This is a social setup that has been followed since time immemorial. Other clans (people having surnames besides Doley and Pegu) claim brotherhood (''sígnam'') alongside either Pegu or Doley. For example, Patirs, Pathori and Lagachus (among others) are regarded as brothers to Pegus, and to each other. Similarly, Kutums and Kulis (among others) and regarded as brothers to Doley. | |||
| This classification of "brotherhood" was made primarily for marital reasons. Clans belonging to the same brotherhood of Pegu are not to marry within the clan, and the same applies for the Doley brotherhood. However, there is yet another group of clans that can freely marry within either Pegu or Doley. Surnames like Morang, Payeng, Bori, Pangging, Taye, Mili, etc. belong to this group. Marriage between two people having the | |||
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