The Assam government has vowed to patronise indigenous and tribal faiths and cultures in the State.
The promise from Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has come almost five months after the State Cabinet approved the creation of a directorate and posts under the newly–established Department of Indigenous Faith and Culture notified in September 2021.
The directorate would be tasked with preserving indigenous faiths such as Bathou of the Bodo community and Heraka of the Zeme Naga community, considered to be endangered because of conversions to mainstream religions.
