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3 unusual facts about Mech tribe


Mech tribe

Mech tribe is one of the scheduled tribes of India and belong to Kachari group of tribes.

They worship Manasha (the snake goddess) and Bathou, which is represented by a Euphorbia plant or sij plant.

Slavery in Bhutan

Outside Bhutan proper, various ethnic groups of the Assam Duars including the Mechi were subject to taxation and slaving such that entire villages were abandoned when the British examined the region in 1865.



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