Globalization and Changing Culture of Tribal Living in Korang Village, East Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

Arunachal Pradesh, a tribal state inhabited by 26 major tribes and 110 sub-tribes scattered in 21 districts has underwent many transformation in the past few decades. Unlike some of the advanced parts of the country, where the contemporary forces of change such as liberalization, privatization, industrialization and globalization besides the consistent forces i.e. inventions and discoveries can be held responsible equally to a great extent for bringing socio-cultural, political, economic, agricultural and other changes in the society. Changes in tribal communities of Arunachal Pradesh in general and Korang village in particular have seen boosted by extension of globalization significantly more than any other forces. The state till date may be considered as terra-incognita in respect to other forces of change. Therefore, present paper is a maiden attempt by the investigator to outline the cultural changes as witnessed among tribal living in the study area due to globalization. All the aspects of tribal communities in the village where changes are proliferating are very comprehensive and complex enough to be discussed in an attempt. Thus, only cultural aspect of tribal communities in the study area has been chosen for discourse.  Based on the generalization, recommendations have been made.