Abstract: Tai Phake is a tribal community of Assam. Tai phake is the branch of the great Tai race that entered Assam approximately in the year of 1776. They had migrated from “Mong Mau" of south China under Yunnan province. They now live in the district of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia and approximately their population is 2000. The Villages that they are living at – Namphake, Tipamphake, Borphake, Monmau, Nonglai, Longphake, Ningam, Moug-lang, faneng -gaon etc. Apart from these, some of Tai phake people living in Chang-lang and Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh. Tai phake Community is culturally very rich. Apart from other tribal community, they have own language, traditions, mores, norms, values, dressing & food-habits etc. These tangible and intangible cultures reflect the cultural life of Tai phake Community. Keywords: Community, language, traditions, mores, values, tangible, intangible, culture.
Title: A Study on Culture of Tai phake Community of Assam
Author: Sanjay Barman
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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