Bijoya Baruah

Oral Ramayani Tradition of Eastern India: with Special References to the States of Assam, Bengal & Orissa Bijoya Baruah

The Ramayana tradition of India with a long and strong background has played a significant role on life and society. The present book is primarily a comparative analytical study of the oral Ramayana traditions of Eastern India i.e. Assam, Bengal and Orissa. Its aim and objectives are to explore inter-related, well documented and systematic study of genres based on Rama-katha which are transmited orally first and gradually entered to the written traditions. In India Rama is not only religious idols for the people or the Ramayana is not simply an epic of religious verses, it is a part of human experiences, not separable from other modes of experiences. Fundamental human needs lie beneath this masterpieces of religious literary work for which Rama-katha diffused in the folk society long before its written literary form. That is why the oral traditions of Rama-katha has been current in the folk society from times immemorial. It exerted impact on the life of individual as well as of society