IJSRP, Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2020 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]
Barasha Rani Baishya
Abstract:
The present study is an attempt to examine the health-culture of Kaibarta Community: The Kaibartas, one of the major scheduled caste communities of Assam are found throughout the plains district of Assam. Each culture has its notion of health and has various methods to cope with the diseases which often referred to as ‘health-culture’. The pristine societies the people believe that evil spirits, black magic, taboos, witchcraft, sorcery, etc might lead a person to illness.