Religion Beliefs and Practices in North-East India:/ Lalrinnunga Hmar

1. A pre-christian Mizo religion;
2. The religious practices of the early maras;
3. Aspects of Ao Naga religion: A reflection;
4. The Taboo and Tenyimia culture;
5.Traditional beliefs and practices of the Lothas Nagas;
6. Influence of Buddhism on traditional lepcha religion;
7. Religion: The hrangkhawls' of tripura;
8. Mysticism and ethics of the darlongs;
9. Traditional religious belief and practices of the Bru (Reang);
10. Religion of the Tripuri people;
11. Faith and practices among the akas of Arunachal Pradesh;
12. Rituals of the Nyishi of Arunachal Pradesh: A casestudy of East kameng district;
13. The Bathou religion of the bodos: Philosophy and traditional practices;
14. Continuity and change in the religiousbeliefs and practices of the misings of Assam with special reference to majuli;
15. An outline on the primal religion of the Vaiphei;
16. The spiritual entities of the paite/tedim chin;
17. Kuki's religious milieu;
18. Khasi society: A relook at its traditional religion;
19. Traditional religion of the Jaintia of Meghalaya.

In tribal society, religion, beliefs and practices govern all aspects of life. It is the outcome of feelings; the feeling of insecurity and ideas as to its cause induce an individual to act for its remedy and derived satisfaction out of helplessness. It grew out of man's reflective thinking and recognition that there exists something greater than his self and thus strived to develop procedures to achieve a satisfactory relationship with it. These endeavours exercised a strong influence in the development of rituals myths and beliefs. Even the material culture, the disease, selection of agriculture plot, beginning of house construction and hunting activities are influenced by the faiths and beliefs of tribe which are more often reflected in rituals. In a nutshell tribal religion exists within the whole system of their being. It is in this background the present volume delves the conceptual and contextual studies among different tribes of North-East India within the fold of academic and intellectual discourse.