SHAPAWNG YAWNG MANU POI: IT’S HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE OF THE FESTIVAL AMONG THE SINGPHO COMMUNITY
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Singphos are one of the major tribes on North East India. The tribe is known as Jingpo in China and in Burma it is known as Kachin. The Singpho tribe belongs to Mongoloid stock and found in the upper part of the Tinsukia district of Assam and other parts of Assam. They have vibrant and rich cultures that fascinate other people from the rest of the world. If talk about Shapawng Yawng Manu Poi, which is the traditional dance festival of Singphos that celebrated every year in the month of February. It is one of the national festivals of Singphos and festival is organized to show the culture and traditional custom of the community. In order to focus the importance of the festival the paper will highlight the historical and cultural importance of the festival with Singphos and it will also focus on the acceptance of the festival by the community in the modern society. For collection of data both primary and secondary source of data will be used were the secondary source of data will collected from e-books, journals, magazines etc. For primary data collection the ethnographic approach will be used with the quasi participant observation method followed by interview schedule.
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Dowarah, A. (2026). Shapawng Yawng Manu Poi: It’s Historical and Cultural Importance of the Festival Among the Singpho Community. International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, 02(03). https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i3.266
Dowarah, Arpita. "Shapawng Yawng Manu Poi: It’s Historical and Cultural Importance of the Festival Among the Singpho Community." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, vol. 02, no. 03, 2026, pp. . doi:https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i3.266.
Dowarah, Arpita. "Shapawng Yawng Manu Poi: It’s Historical and Cultural Importance of the Festival Among the Singpho Community." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology 02, no. 03 (2026). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i3.266.
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