Dimasa people

Ethnolinguistic group in Assam and Nagaland, India Ethnic group Dimasa KachariDimasaBarman Dimasa girls perform Baidima, the traditional dance of Dimasa.Total population262,413 (2011 Census)Regions with significant populations India (Assam)142,961 (2011, Dimasa-Kachari, in hill districts of Assam only)LanguagesDimasaReligionPredominantly:Suaithai/Sowaithai, Dimasa folk religion (Folk religion) Minority: syncretism of Suaithai & Hinduism by Dimasas of CacharFor more details, see ReligionRelated ethnic groupsother Tibeto-Burman peoples (Chakma people, Naga, Chin, Jinpho, Tripuri, Bamar) The Dimasa people or Dimasa Kachari people are an ethnolinguistic community presently inhabiting in Assam and Nagaland states in Northeastern India. They speak Dimasa, a Tibeto-Burman language. This community is fairly homogeneous and exclusive, with members required to draw from both parents' separate clans. The Dimasa kingdom, one of many early states in Assam following the downfall of Kamarupa kingdom, was established by these people. The Dimasas are one of the oldest inhabitants of the Northeastern part of India and are one of the many Kachari tribes. Dimasa appear to be one of the earliest indige