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PROSPECTS of CULTURAL and RELIGIOUS TOURISM in MORIGAON DISTRICT Dr International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 28, No. 15, (2019), pp. 926-935 PROSPECTS OF CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS TOURISM IN MORIGAON DISTRICT Dr. Dhiraj Patar Guest Faculty, Department of Assamese, L.C.B. College, Guwahati, Assam, India. ABSTRACT Morigaon is one of the notable districts in Assam. Morigaon is a homeland of various castes, communities and creeds. The district has its speciality with different customs and traditions followed by different communities residing there. There are many cultural and religious fairs, festivals of different communities held in Morigaon every year that such festivities can be of great attraction to the tourist from different parts of the world. There are tourism potentialities in Morigaon district centring round its cultural and religious aspects. Keywords: Morigaon, Tourism, Tourist, Culture, Religious, Festivals. Introduction: Morigaon district is a homeland of various castes, communities and creeds. Therefore the district has its speciality with different customs and traditions followed by different castes and communities residing here. The place has historical significance too. The place attracts the people specially the outsiders because of its richness in culture, tradition, history, folk beliefs, magic and incantations, observance of different fairs and festivals etc. Among these mention may be made about religious institutions like magical land Mayong, the Pabitora wild life sanctuary, Joonbeel mela held near Jagiroad, different gosai ulua utsav, bangia mela at Doloichuba, Asia’s biggest dry fish market centre Jagiroad, the Paper Mill at Jagiroad etc. It is very interesting to visit these places and experience the socio-cultural, economic [4] and religious belief of the people of Morigaon district. In short, Morigaon is a district with rich heritage in all aspects and this is one of the interesting places to visit. Morigaon is a place of attraction to the tourists or outsiders specifically and everyone in general. Objectives: 1. To highlight the tourist places of Morigaon district 2. To assess the prospects of cultural and religious tourism in Morigaon district. Methodology: Mainly descriptive and empirical method is applied for the study. Both primary and secondary sources are used. Mainly primary source is used for the study as the researcher himself belonged to Morigaon district. Data are collected by visiting different places of Morigaon district during various cultural and religious fairs and festivals. Secondary sources like books, journals, articles and internet sources are used for the study. Background information of Morigaon District: Morigaon is one of the notable districts in Assam. In 1990 the district was formed as the Morigaon subdivision was separated from the then Nowgaon district and was recognized. It has been the habitation of various linguistic groups and tribal people. It is notable that since time immemorial various tribal kings, of course minor ones, ruled in the area. Again these kingdoms were under the control of the Jayantia and the Ahom kings. The name of this smaller tribal kingdoms are as follow: Sahari, Khola, Nelee, Gova, Mayang, Tetelia, Kumoi, Ghagua, Taranikalbari, Kumoikachari, ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST 926 Copyright ⓒ 2019 SERSC International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 28, No. 15, (2019), pp. 926-935 Baghara, Khukhanagog, Damal, Dandua, Mikirgaya, Barapujia, Tapakuchia, Khaighariya and Kharagaon. Among them Sahari, Khola, Nelee and Gova had been the boardering kingdoms apart from Mayang and Dondua. The seven other kingdoms were known as seven states and the five kingdoms apart from Domal were known as five states. Since Domal came out of the bordering kingdom Nelee, so it is neither included in the seven states nor in the five states. When Morigaon sub division was formed Kharagaon, Khaighar of five states, three by four (3/4) of Topakuchi kingdom and half of the Barapujia kingdom became part of Nowgaon district. The other remaining smaller kingdoms were included in Morigaon district. (Deuri, 1994: 9) The Morigaon district is situated in between 26.150-26.500 latitude (North) and 92.0-92.500 longitude (East) to the North of it is river Brahmaputr, to the South there is the area of Jamunamukh police station. In the East, there is Karbi Anglong and to the West there is Kamrup district. The total area of the land of the district is 1559 sq. km. 1553sp. Km. out of it belongs to the villages. The district has been the dowelling place for the tribals, Non-tirbals, Assamese, Muslims along with Tiwa, Karbi, Boro, Koch, Nath, Jogi, Chutia, Ahom, Koibarta, Hira, Kayastha, Kalita, Brahmin, Bangali and tea community as well. (Deuri, 1994: 9) The district is surrounded by hills, big and small. Moreover, it is full of many ponds including river like kalang, kapili, killing etc. The Brahmaputra follows by the district. The charm of the district is hightened by Pabitora, a Sanctuary situated by the historical place called Mayong. The history of Morigaon is not known clearly. It is shrouded in mystery and obscure. The legend says that Jongal Balahu (a Tiwa king), the son of Arimatta was the king of this area. He was killed by the Kacharis near Kajalimukh. The same legend says that when Jongal Balahu to escape from his pursuers submerged hiself in Kolong river, and emerged at Raha to quench his thirst and dived here to emerge at Jagi. Tourism in Morigaon District: Tourism is important to assimilate with the people of one place to the people of another. Tourism gives us happiness, make free from anxiety and led to know various places, culture and traditions of the world. Morigaon is a district where some important places are located that treasure the cultural heritage of the land. Visiting Morigaon will make one to know about different socio-cultural tradition, places of historical importance and so on. Tourism also develops the economy [4] of a particular place. Tourism brings into focus about the infrastructure of a particular area, the socio-cultural aspects of that area. In short, tourism is not only a leisure and fun activity. Rather, it is also the industry [4] which draws, accommodates and entertains tourists and helps generate income for the country. Tourism opportune us to explore new culture, meet new people and do fun and adventure at different places. So, tourism in Morigaon district will also help to brings into light the culture, tradition, important places of the area. It has been divided into three heads to study the prospects of Tourism in Morigaon district for the convenience of the researcher. Tourism in Morigaon can be developed in many sided. The study is focusing mainly on the cultural and religious aspects. Thus, it can be studied under the following three heads as: A) Some of the Significant Fairs and Festivals of Morigaon District: It is seen that fairs and festivals occupy an important place in the socio-cultural life of the people of any society. These are the traditions and beliefs continuing from generation to generation since distant past, some are of recent origin. But these are the identity of any society that reflects the respective tradition of any caste, creeds and communities. So observance of such festivals and holding of such fairs are very important. In Morigaon district, such fairs and festivals are celebrated by respective communities with great pomp and show. These festivals and fairs have some historical significance that attracts people from all over the world. Therefore, celebration of such festivals will bring people ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST 927 Copyright ⓒ 2019 SERSC International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 28, No. 15, (2019), pp. 926-935 from different parts of the world close to us. There is also prospects of assimilation and development of the district. Joonbeel Mela: Joonbeel mela is one of the most significant fair in Assam held every year. The mela is said to be begun not later than 15th century AD. It was first organized ago by the Tiwa (Lalung) and Ahom kings to discuss the prevailing political situations. During the occasion a huge bazaar is held. A few days before the mela starts, communities and tribes like Tiwa, Karbi, Khasi, and Jayantia of the northeast come down from the hills with products and interchange their merchandise with the local people in a barter system. It is said to be a hi-tech age barter system and perhaps the only fair in India where barter system is still alive. Joonbeel is a fair of mainly Tiwa community held near the Beel called Joon. The attraction of this fair is the historic barter system still prevalent among the people centring round this fair. Joonbeel mela is a three day fair held every year in the month of January one week after Magh Bihu. The days should fall on Thursday-Friday-Saturday for this mela. On Thursday, in the Joonbeel, fishing starts by the king’s men and feast is organized with the catched fish together. Next day i.e., on Friday barter began with the Plain people and the people coming from hill sides. They exchange various commodities like ginger, turmeric, chilly, kochu, guard, pumpkin etc. Saturday is the last day of the mela. On this day, the Gobha king visit the Mela where a Durbar is held with other neighbouring kings to discuss some important matte (Patar, 2013 : 135-136) The theme of the mela is harmony and brotherhood among the tribes and communities scattered in the Northeast India. The Gobha King along with his courtiers visits the mela and collects taxes [4] from his subjects. People perform their traditional dance and music, making the atmosphere for joy and fun. Committee Bhaona (Raakh Mohutsav) at Charaibahi: Bhaona is great creation of mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva. It is a great institution of Assam. Through this performance Sankardeva tried to assimilate all the caste, community or people of Assam.
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