Family among the nagas in assam: a case study in hahchara adrasa naga village in sivasagar district of assam
International Journal of Development Research
Family among the nagas in assam: a case study in hahchara adrasa naga village in sivasagar district of assam
Received 24th September, 2017; Received in revised form 12th October, 2017; Accepted 03rd November, 2017; Published online 29th December, 2017
Copyright ©2017, Simanta Boruah. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Like many other tribal societies of northeast India, the Nagas have a patriarchal family structure. In this type of family, the males are characteristically superior in all affairs of family matters. Women are debarred from all sorts of power, authority and decision making processes. In this context, taking part in polities by women is restricted and the women suffer from multiple barriers which bar them from active and positive political involvement. The Naga society is basically agriculturists. Both men and women take active pars in agricultural activities and that way the women are co-workers in all forms of agricultural activities. Similarly, there are some areas of economic activities where women take active part in running of the economic sides of family.
