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Dimasa people
The Dimasa people or Dimasa Kachari people are an ethnolinguistic community presently inhabiting in Assam and Nagaland states in Northeastern India. They speak Dimasa, a Tibeto-Burman language. This community is fairly homogeneous and exclusive, with members required to draw from both parents' separate clans. The Dimasa kingdom, one of many early states in Assam following the downfall of Kamarupa kingdom, was established by these people.
The Dimasas are one of the oldest inhabitants of the Northeastern part of India and are one of the many Kachari tribes.
Dimasa appear to be one of the earliest indigenous ethnic groups of northeastern India. They are a part of the greater Bodo-Kachari family of ethnolinguistic groups of Northeast India which includes the Boro, Tripuri, Chutia, Rabha, Garo, Tiwa, Koch, Moran etc. peoples. They speak Dimasa, a Boro-Garo language of the Tibeto-Burman family.
It stands for Di-ma-sa meaning people of big waters referring to the stream of Brahmaputra (known as Dilao in Dimasa), There is also an endonym within the tribe called Ha-Tseng-Tsa or Ha-Cheng-Sa, meaning people of the soil/sand. Ha-Tseng-Sa could have been the original name of the tribe before settling down in the valley between Dilao and Tsang rivers. This is reflected in the folklore of Dimasa royal clans as well as in the descent and titles of the King.
Ancient Dimasa tradition maintains that sixty thousand (60,000) Moon months (Lunar months) ago, they left their ancestral land when it suffered a severe drought. After long wandering, they settled at Di-lao-bra Tsangi-bra, the confluence of the Dilao and Sangi or Di-tsang, they were instrumental in establishing the Dimasa kingdom.
The Dimasas were till recently agricultural, centering on shifting agriculture; but in recent times this has changed with profound changes in the community. Following political problems in the 18th century, the Dimasa ruler moved further south in the plains of Cachar and there took place a division among them–with the hills Dimasa maintaining their traditional living and political exclusiveness, the plains Dimasas have not attempted to assert themselves.
Based on cultural and religious differences, the Dimasa people are classified into two separate groups. The Dimasas of the highlands are recognised officially as "Dimasa" in documents, while the Dimasa diaspora in the plains of Cachar who converted to Hinduism in the 19th century are known as Barmans and formally recognized as "Barmans in Cachar" by the Government to distinguish them from Barman Kacharis, a distinct group living in western Assam. The Dimasas, inhabiting in the Cachar district are officially recognized as one of the Scheduled Tribes under the plains category in Assam in the name called “Barmans in Cachar”.
They live mostly in Dima Hasao District, an administrative autonomous district of the Indian state of Assam that includes the ravines of the Jatinga Valley and Dhansiri Valley, Diphu City and Howraghat region of Karbi Anglong district (East), West Karbi Anglong, Kampur region of Nagaon district, Hojai district, Cachar district, Hailakandi district, Karimganj district of Assam and Dimapur district of Nagaland and parts in Jiribam district of Manipur respectively.
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Dimasa people
The Dimasa people or Dimasa Kachari people are an ethnolinguistic community presently inhabiting in Assam and Nagaland states in Northeastern India. They speak Dimasa, a Tibeto-Burman language. This community is fairly homogeneous and exclusive, with members required to draw from both parents' separate clans. The Dimasa kingdom, one of many early states in Assam following the downfall of Kamarupa kingdom, was established by these people.
The Dimasas are one of the oldest inhabitants of the Northeastern part of India and are one of the many Kachari tribes.
Dimasa appear to be one of the earliest indigenous ethnic groups of northeastern India. They are a part of the greater Bodo-Kachari family of ethnolinguistic groups of Northeast India which includes the Boro, Tripuri, Chutia, Rabha, Garo, Tiwa, Koch, Moran etc. peoples. They speak Dimasa, a Boro-Garo language of the Tibeto-Burman family.
It stands for Di-ma-sa meaning people of big waters referring to the stream of Brahmaputra (known as Dilao in Dimasa), There is also an endonym within the tribe called Ha-Tseng-Tsa or Ha-Cheng-Sa, meaning people of the soil/sand. Ha-Tseng-Sa could have been the original name of the tribe before settling down in the valley between Dilao and Tsang rivers. This is reflected in the folklore of Dimasa royal clans as well as in the descent and titles of the King.
Ancient Dimasa tradition maintains that sixty thousand (60,000) Moon months (Lunar months) ago, they left their ancestral land when it suffered a severe drought. After long wandering, they settled at Di-lao-bra Tsangi-bra, the confluence of the Dilao and Sangi or Di-tsang, they were instrumental in establishing the Dimasa kingdom.
The Dimasas were till recently agricultural, centering on shifting agriculture; but in recent times this has changed with profound changes in the community. Following political problems in the 18th century, the Dimasa ruler moved further south in the plains of Cachar and there took place a division among them–with the hills Dimasa maintaining their traditional living and political exclusiveness, the plains Dimasas have not attempted to assert themselves.
Based on cultural and religious differences, the Dimasa people are classified into two separate groups. The Dimasas of the highlands are recognised officially as "Dimasa" in documents, while the Dimasa diaspora in the plains of Cachar who converted to Hinduism in the 19th century are known as Barmans and formally recognized as "Barmans in Cachar" by the Government to distinguish them from Barman Kacharis, a distinct group living in western Assam. The Dimasas, inhabiting in the Cachar district are officially recognized as one of the Scheduled Tribes under the plains category in Assam in the name called “Barmans in Cachar”.
They live mostly in Dima Hasao District, an administrative autonomous district of the Indian state of Assam that includes the ravines of the Jatinga Valley and Dhansiri Valley, Diphu City and Howraghat region of Karbi Anglong district (East), West Karbi Anglong, Kampur region of Nagaon district, Hojai district, Cachar district, Hailakandi district, Karimganj district of Assam and Dimapur district of Nagaland and parts in Jiribam district of Manipur respectively.
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