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[replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] Hajong, [replace with] an ethnic group living in the hilly parts of [replace with] mymensingh district. Some of them live in the sherpur, sylhet and netrokona [replace with] regions. Their main settlements are in sreebardi, haluaghat, nalitabari, [replace with] Susong durgapur, kalmakanda and Birishiri areas. In terms of ethnicity, they [replace with] are descendents of the Kachhari people of the Mongoloid race. Several [replace with] hundred years ago they came to the region adjacent to the Garo hills and [replace with] started living there. Hajong people are divided into two main classes - [replace with] Paramarthi and Byayabchhadi. [replace with] In their life-style, Hajong [replace with] people maintain, to a large extent, their traditional ethos of simplicity, [replace with] honesty, and hospitality as well as other common plebeian characteristics. [replace with] False play and deceit are rare in this society. Like mundas, Santals and [replace with] Garos, Hajong people have protested vehemently against injustice, [replace with] oppression, exploitation and persecution in the past and have histories of [replace with] rebellion against feudal and imperialist forces. They took part in historic [replace with] movements like the Hatikheda movement, the tonk movement, agitations against [replace with] zamindars, and the tebhaga movement. [replace with] [replace with] Socio Economic Aspects: [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] Livelihood: [replace with] Like many other aborigines, Hajongs are basically a farming community. At [replace with] one time they were accustomed to jhum farming, but now they follow plough [replace with] farming. Side by side with rice and other crops they grow cotton and make [replace with] fabrics at home. In addition to these activities, people belonging to the [replace with] Hajong community collect wood from jungles and do some other kinds of work. [replace with] [replace with] Social Structure: [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] Lifestyle: [replace with] Rice is the staple food of Hajongs. Fruits, vegetables, mutton, pork, ducks [replace with] and chicken are other major items of their diet. Hajong men wear dhuti and [replace with] women wear a piece of cloth to cover the upper part of the body and a [replace with] separate piece for the waist downward. They usually wear homemade clothes. [replace with] Hajongs lead simple lives [replace with] like garos. Most families live in thatched houses. Relatively better off [replace with] families have tin-shed or brick-built houses. Houses are neat and clean [replace with] reflecting the neatness of their life-style. Like other ethnic groups, [replace with] Hajongs build and maintain community houses for social needs as well as for [replace with] other purposes. [replace with] Rituals: In [replace with] terms of religious belief Hajongs are close to Hindus. Hajongs worship Durga [replace with] and other Hindu gods and goddesses. But shiva is their chief deity. They [replace with] observe a number of bratas (vows) including the Kartik brata performed in [replace with] the month of Kartik (October-November). Girls and women dance and sing in [replace with] brata ceremonies. Hajongs also worship the brahmaputra river. Like Hindu [replace with] brahmans, Hajongs wear paita (the holy thread) on their bodies. Hajongs are [replace with] believers in reincarnation too. Hajongs cremate dead bodies. Usually, after [replace with] 10 or 30 days of death the shraddha (obsequies) ceremony is performed. [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] Family Structure: [replace with] Hajong society is patriarchal. After the death of the father sons inherit [replace with] his property. Daughters however, are given dowry and ornaments at the time [replace with] of their marriage. Young men and women marry with their parents' consent. A [replace with] Hajong man can marry a woman of his own clan as well as of a different clan. [replace with] After marriage, women put on sindur (vermilion) mark on their sithi (parting [replace with] of the hair on the middle of the head). Child marriage is not allowed. [replace with] Premarital sex is strictly prohibited. Hajongs generally abide by the rules [replace with] and principles of marital purity. A husband cannot have more than one wife. [replace with] Divorce is not uncommon and widows can remarry. Rules of divorce followed by [replace with] Hajongs are in many respects similar to those found among santals and [replace with] murongs. [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] Language: [replace with] Hajongs have their own language, but do not have an alphabet. Their spoken [replace with] language is a mixture of local dialects. Speaking in colloquial Bangla is a [replace with] common practice among them. The Hajong language was originally a member of [replace with] the Tibeto-Burmese group of languages, but later got mixed with Assamese and [replace with] Bangla. Modern education has not yet spread in Hajong society. 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