Accommodation in Majuli, Assam, North East India

Accommodation in Majuli, North East India




1) Circuit House Majuli

Garamurh, Majuli Island, Jorhat

India

2) Uttar Kamalabari Satra

Kamalabari, Majuli Island

Jorhat, Assam, India

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People of Majuli

A visible living tradition of men and nature relationships that have evolved over centuries tightens the strings of this tiny self-sufficient island. Diverse ethnicities have collaborated and converged into a single economic unit. The island is the Abode of Assamese Vaishnavite Culture religion, preserved in the Vaishnavite Monasteries called Sattras (a National Classical Dance form of India, the Sattriya Dance, evolved in the Sattras of Majuli).

Majuli is administered as a sub-division under Jorhat district consisting of 3 blocks. This civil sub-division is now comprised of two development Blocks, the Majuli Development Block and the Uzani Majuli Development Block and three Tehsils (Mauza) Ahatguri, Kamalabari, and Salmora. There are about 240 villages, at the centre of each is a Namghar, where villagers gather very regularly to sing and pray.

It is the most important public place for the villagers. This is the place where most important socializing, negotiations and decisions of the entire village are taken and their cultural and economic relationships with other villages are scrutinized. After the rituals of song an devotional dances are complete, issues concerning the village such as auctioning of fishing rights, the course of action with the raised amount of money, and other topics of significance to the community as a whole are brought up an discussed.

The inhabitants are expert navigators by boat; their expertise is most visible during the monsoon season when they navigate the turbulent waters of the Brahmaputra. It requires skill and courage, deft handling of the boat and clarity of the routes involved. The people of the island are peace-loving and innocent. However, like a lot of other agitated and disturbed areas in the north-east of India, extremism is also a major concern in the region. The insurgent group of this part of the country, the ULFA, has a wide network in the region.

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