3.1.5. Ancestor Worship

The Chutiyas traditionaly practice a kind of Ancestor worship which is called HOW Joluwo Solemn or Bur-Sewn Solemn The old people both male and female assemble in an interior _ place far from the villages or an uninhabited place and worship the God and Goddesses by sacrificing animals. They take rice-beer, meat etc. after offering it to Gods and Goddesses. While performing this Halite). Joiuwo Worship, all bhoktas present there must be nude or naked. These functions are observed every year for the sake of the welfare of men, animals, agriculture and universal peace.

These are the religious practices and functions followed by the Chutiyas. They traditionally follow these peculiar kind of religious practices which are not prevalent in any other society of Assam. All these peculiar customs and traditions make the existence of the Chutiya community quite prominent in the soil of Assam among its indigenous counterparts.