Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Dimasa people (or Dima-basa and also called Dimasa-Kachari ) are a group of people in Assam in Northeastern India. Dimasa mythology says that they are the children of Bangla Raja(Earthquake God) and the great divine bird Arikhidima. Bangla Raja’s six sons— Sibrai Doo Raja Naikhu Raja Waa Raja Guyung Brai Yung and Hamyadao and Arikhidima are their ancestors and in Dimasa belief are ancestral Gods. They are called Madai in Dimasa.
