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History of origin:

The Tanis or the Amis are one of the early, if not the earliest, groups of human races migrating to north-eastern region of India sometimes in the past. The Tanis or the Amis are variously known to other people as the Misings, Mishimis, Pa:dams, Minyongs, Galongs, daflas, Hill Miris, Apa-tanis etc.

The language, culture and traditions of these tribes are one and the same. Accord

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THE AGOM AND A:BANG OF TANI-AGOM PART II
Posted February 19, 2009 by Miri

A:BANG: ‘A:bang’ is a verse form of hymn of praise, worship to God or Goddess. Prayer to God for help, protection and blessing. It may be historical appendix giving an account of the Mising community. On the other hand it may be a love poem which celebrates the lusty joys of the life constitutes a form of poetic arts, a types of vernacular literature of the Mising Society.

A:BANG’ retains the fine

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THE AGOM AND A:BANG OF TANI-AGOM:PART ONE
Posted February 8, 2009 by Miri

AGOM The Misings belongs to a diversity of several kindred tribes and regarded as indicative of a race, but not as the name of a tribe. A mixed formation of many tribes which has been attributed to admixture of racial elements are agglomerated into a community of Mising.

There have been a considerable intermingling of several tribal dialects forming a pattern of common language which generally kn

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The Misings officially recorded as MIRI in the list of scheduled tribes of India under constitution order 1950, are originally a hill tribe of the Himalayan region of North eastern India. Either for their better wisdom or in their necessity of cultivable land, they migrated down along the Siyang river in several small groups in different period of history.

It is believed that the first group of Mi

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MISING MARRIAGE SYSTEM
Posted January 30, 2009 by Miri
<p style="text-align: justify;">MISING MARRIAGE SYSTEM: The following are the recognized system (types) of marriage:

1.DA:RO MIDANG :- this is form of marriage is settled by the parents or guardians according to social system.
2. DUGLA LA:NAM:- this is a form of marriage by elopement at the consent of the bride.
3. KUMNA SOLA LA:NAM:- this is also a types of settled marriage, but the performance...
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