Report
of the Field Study conducted by Department of Sociology at Tingya Naga Village,
Sivsagar, 3rd June,2022
A team of
students of Department of Sociology, Namrup College has conducted a Field Study
at Tingya Naga Village, Sibsagar on 3rd June, 2022. The distance
from Namrup College to the Naga village is about 74km. A total of 22 nos
students from BA 6th Semester
Honours guided by 4nos teaching faculty has conducted the field tour and
surveyed 32 households on various aspects of the Naga society and their
changes. The study mainly focused to explore the transformation of the Naga
Society in the fields of economy, culture, religion and education.
Objective of
the Field Study : By doing field study students gets
opportunity to develop their creative thinking, to enhance their cognitive and
effective learning through realistic
field situation. Students are encouraged to improve their scientific curiosity.
Being students of Sociology, to acquainted with the Research Methodology they
were trained and guided to collect data from the universe and to make
analytical discussion on their findings. The Tingya Naga village , with 72 nos
of households of Konyak Naga Tribe is situated in the eastern direction of
Sivsagar Town, Assam is the universe of this study. This historical Naga
village surrounded by the greater Assamese society has been undergone changes
in various aspects of their socio-cultural, traditional, religious and economic
life. This field study was aimed to explore the nature and extent of these
changes of the Naga people living in upper Assam.
Outcome of
the Field Study: The students gained incredible
field experience in their interaction with the respondents. Interview schedule
and observation method were adopted as a tool for data collection. The areas of
their studies were confined to four dimensions, viz, economic aspects and its
changes, religious beliefs and practices, cultural changes and educational
changes. Most of the respondents were found to engage in agriculture and petty
business followed by daily wage earners. Majority of the Naga people have
savings habit or have bank account and some of them have also invested in
insurance policies. Though all the respondents are following Hinduism, they
also perform traditional tribal festivals and rituals. The existence of youth
dormitory called ‘Murong’ is seen in the village, where traditional norms and
culture of Konyak Naga tribe is practiced. The Naga dialect is still used as a
form of communication among their own people, otherwise they are all fluent in
Assamese language and some in Hindi and English. Inter caste marriage has been
observed among them, and mostly marital relation have been taken places with
Assamese people. During their traditional festival only, they used to wear
their traditional dresses and ornaments, and use traditional food ‘waaksa’,
otherwise they find the modern dress more comfortable to wear. They are fond of
their traditional alcohol ‘yu’ in their festive time. Most of the Naga people
residing in Tingya Naga village are literate and they are aware about the
importance of education. The children of most of the respondents are availing
formal education in private educational institution than the govt schools. In a nutshell , it can be said that the
Konyak Naga people of Tingya Naga village has been experiencing a vast change
amidst the Assamese society in the modern world.
Some glimpses
of the Field Study
