Author: Sailo, Sailiana
Title: The Bongchers
Description: Agartala [Tripura], Tribal Research Department, (1992). orig.boards. 22x14cm, (6),104,(6) pp. Textual photos. Binding corners bumped. Some cover soil. Good. ¶ Ethnographic study of a sub-tribe of the Halam people of Tripura. Contents:Introduction; Their Origin & Early History; Their Present Habitations, Population & Their Clan System; Administrative Set-Up; Customary Laws; Family Set-Up & Food Habits; Religion, Belief, Rituals & Ceremonies; Courting, Marriage & Divorce; Language, Dresses & Ornaments; Plays, Games &Sports; Methods of Catching Animals & Birds; Folk-Songs & Folk-Lores; Folk Medicines; Conclusion.

Keywords: Tripura Ethnography, Bongcher Bongchers, Tribe Tribes Tribal, Tribals, Northeast India, South Asia, Anthropology, Social Sociology, Ethnology