Mising Tribe

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Assam’s largest tribal community, the Mising tribe, celebrated the Ali Ai Ligang festival recently.

About Mising Tribe

• The Mising people are an indigenous tribe from Northeast India. They are part of the Tani people, who speak Tibeto-Burmese languages. 
• They live in parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in India and Tibet in China. 
  • Tibetans call them “Lhobhas,” which means “southerners’ ‘ because they live in South Tibet and areas now in Arunachal Pradesh.
• They are one of the largest tribal groups in Assam. According to the census of India 2011, the total population of Mising is 680,424 in Assam.
• They have a life closely related to rivers, and therefore they can be described as the only riparian tribe of Northeast India.
• Life and culture of Mising people revolve around agriculture and fishing. 
  • The agriculture practice of the Mising people was originally ‘Jhum’ or slash & burn method.
  • However, after settling down in the plains of Assam, they have mastered the art of wet paddy cultivation, and at present they are good settled cultivators.
• Drawing their origin in Jhum cultivation, the main festival of the Mising people is ‘Ali-Aye-Ligang’. Ali means edible root, Aye means seed, and Ligang means sowing festival.
• Religion: The Mising people practice the cult of ‘Do-nyi – Po:lo’ which literally translates into worshiping the Sun and the Moon.

Mising Tribe FAQs

Q1. What is the festival of Mising tribe?

Ans. AliAye Legang is the main festival of the Mishing tribe and is celebrated in the month of February.

Q2. What is the religion of Mising?

Ans. The Mising people practice the cult of ‘Do-nyi – Po:lo’ which literally translates into worshiping the Sun and the Moon.

Q3. What is the language of Mising?

Ans. The Mising language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Mising tribe.

Source: ANI