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The Jon Beel Mela is an age-old traditional fair which has kept alive the system of barter as a means of procuring goods.
The fair is organised on the occasion of Magh Bihu, a traditional harvest festival of Assam.
This mela is organised every year in the month of Magh of the Assamese calendar (mid-January) near the highway town of Jagiroad in the Morigaon District of Assam.
The three-day annual event is organised under the traditional king of the Tiwa tribe called GobhaDeoraja that once ruled the area.
A wide range of pristine customs and practices are associated with the fair. Here, the different hill tribes such as Tiwa, Karbi, Khasi and Garo, from the neighbouring West Karbi Anglong and Meghalaya and their counterparts from the plains, exchange products directly without the involvement of any money.
The fair is also considered as an opportunity for maintaining cordial relations between the people of hills and the plains. The Tiwas, also known as Lalungs, are one of the oldest tribal communities of the regions and are mostly found in the plains and the hills of central Assam.
Apart from the village and clan-level socio-political organisations, the existence of some self-governing social institutions headed by chiefs called Rajas (meaning king) are also found in this tribe.
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The Jon Beel Mela is an age-old traditional fair which has kept alive the system of barter as a means of procuring goods.
The fair is organised on the occasion of Magh Bihu, a traditional harvest festival of Assam.
This mela is organised every year in the month of Magh of the Assamese calendar (mid-January) near the highway town of Jagiroad in the Morigaon District of Assam.
The three-day annual event is organised under the traditional king of the Tiwa tribe called GobhaDeoraja that once ruled the area.
A wide range of pristine customs and practices are associated with the fair. Here, the different hill tribes such as Tiwa, Karbi, Khasi and Garo, from the neighbouring West Karbi Anglong and Meghalaya and their counterparts from the plains, exchange products directly without the involvement of any money.
The fair is also considered as an opportunity for maintaining cordial relations between the people of hills and the plains. The Tiwas, also known as Lalungs, are one of the oldest tribal communities of the regions and are mostly found in the plains and the hills of central Assam.
Apart from the village and clan-level socio-political organisations, the existence of some self-governing social institutions headed by chiefs called Rajas (meaning king) are also found in this tribe.
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