Traditional artisans from hajong tribe of Assam are renovating the traditional habitat of the tribe present in Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Bhopal. The house was built by artists from the same village in year 2010.
The Hajong Tribes are a small tribal group spread across the north east India. A small number of Hajong Tribes live in Assam. Other than the two hill districts several Hajong villages are dotted over the plains in the Brahmaputra valley in Assam. Hajong Tribes also inhabit in Arunachal Pradesh. As per their traditional belief, they originally occupied the Hajo area of present Kamrup district and the 'Haj paragana'
Hajong Tribes are divided into five clans, Doskina, Meshparia, Sosongia, Barohazari and Korebari.
The Hajongs follow a matrilineal family structure but the line of descent is traced through the father. The father is regarded as the head of the family and all the decisions of the family are taken by him. The Hajongs do not support marriages between the members of the same clan. Marriage is also not allowed outside the community.
The Hajong villages are located on elevated grounds close to wet paddy lands. They build their houses in clusters in the courtyard of the village headman called 'Adhikari'. The house of the Adhikari is the only important house in the village.The traditional houses comprise separate buildings with the walls made of split bamboo and plastered with cow dung. The floors are made of mud.
