Belief and Superstition of the Bodos of Goalpara, District, Assam
Kajal Dey*
Citation : Kajal Dey, Belief and Superstition of the Bodos of Goalpara, District, Assam International Journal of History and Cultural Studies 2019, 5(1) : 59-64.
Belief and superstitions are inseparable part of human society. Every society of the world has beliefs relating to their everyday life and they have specific concept of beliefs too. It is believed that the general populace with fear and admiration and also embodies a practice, custom of society. Every society has its own heritage of traditional knowledge stored in its traditional culture in form of belief, custom and rituals. Although they might appear to be nothing more than belief and rituals far removed from science; they form the basis of the later development in the field of knowledge system even in science and technology. The present paper focuses on the general beliefs of the Bodos of Goalpara District of Assam. The study reveals that some beliefs have meaningful significance but some do not have this kind of notions.