Ethnobotany of religious and supernatural beliefs of the Mising tribes of Assam with special reference to the 'Dobur Uie'

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sharma, Uma Kanta ^a   Pegu, Shyamanta ^a  

^a Dhemaji College   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAGIC; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYSTICISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; RELIGION; SYMBOLISM;

CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGIC; MALE; OCCULTISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POPULATION GROUPS; RELIGION;

EID: 79957831483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-16     Document Type: Article

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