Me-Dam-Me-Phi

Me Dam Me Phi
𑜉𑜦𑜧 𑜓𑜪 𑜉𑜦𑜧 𑜇𑜣
Observed byTai-Ahom, People of Assam
TypeAsian
SignificanceAncestor worship
DateAncient and middle era - Duin-Ha (Gregorian equivalent to March-April)[1]
Modern era - 31st January
FrequencyYearly
Started byConfucius (tradition of ancestor worship in ancient times)[2]
Sukaphaa (ancestor worship festival in Assam)
Related toAncestor worship, Tai folk religion, Confucianism

Me dam me phi (Ahom:𑜉𑜦𑜧 𑜓𑜪 𑜉𑜦𑜧 𑜇𑜣) is a socio-traditional festival celebrated by the Tai-Ahom and people of Assam. The festival has its roots in the ancestral worship of Confucianism in ancient China, which later developed into the Dam-phi (Ancestor worship) tradition of the Tai people .[6] In modern era it's celebrated on the 31st January while initially it's celebrated in the Tai month of Duin-Ha (March-April) of sexagenary cycle.[7]

  1. ^ (Gogoi 2011:69)
  2. ^ (Gogoi 2011:210)
  3. ^ "639 Identifier Documentation: aho – ISO 639-3". SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics). SIL International. Retrieved 29 June 2019. Ahom [aho]
  4. ^ "Population by Religious Communities". Census India – 2001. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 1 July 2019. Census Data Finder/C Series/Population by Religious Communities
  5. ^ "Population by religion community – 2011". Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. 2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01 MDDS.XLS
  6. ^ (Gogoi 2011:210)
  7. ^ (Gogoi 2011:69)