ABSTRACT The life of tribal groups in the Northeast India abounds with the tradition of folklore, myth, superstition and a strong belief in the co-existence with the supernatural world. Writing in English has offered a global ground for the Northeast writers to express their rich culture, beliefs and knowledge, which in the past was limited to the community. The act of writing also serves another purpose as well, to preserve them. In the wake of mass conversion and political tension, certain beliefs and rituals of the oral past are perishing and in some parts of the region, lost. Therefore, the writers of this region are representing the fading tradition of their respective tribes prior to conversion to Christianity and the arrival of the script. This paper is an attempt to show the transition and, at the same time, to revisit and understand the important bearings of that oral past through their works.

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了解印度东北部的传统信仰体系：通过文学重新审视口述世界

摘要 印度东北部部落的生活充满了民间传说、神话、迷信的传统以及对与超自然世界共存的强烈信仰。用英语写作为东北作家提供了一个全球性的基础来表达他们丰富的文化、信仰和知识，而这在过去仅限于社区。写作的行为还有另一个目的，即保存它们。在大规模皈依和政治紧张之后，口述历史的某些信仰和仪式正在消亡，并在该地区的某些地区消失。因此，该地区的作家代表了各自部落在皈依基督教和剧本到来之前逐渐衰落的传统。本文试图展示这种转变，同时，