Reflection of Folk Culture in the novels of Birinchi Kumar Barua

Folk culture refers to a rich and diverse body of traditional knowledge, beliefs, practices, custom etc that have been rooted in the indigenous communities. The novels ‘Jivanar Batat’ and ‘Seuji Patar Kahini’written by Birinchi Kumar Barua portray various aspects of folk culture of Assamese and Tea Tribe communities. The novelist presents the forms of folk culture such as Bihu songs and dances, Zhumur song and dance, traditions, customs, proverb, riddles, folk medicine, folk wine etc. This paper is a modest attempt to explore the various elements of folk culture reflected in the novels and the knowledge of these how they are transmitted from generation to generation. In this research paper the original text will be taken as primary data and various articles of different books, research papers of journals, internet sources etc will be taken as secondary data. Analytical and descriptive research method will be used for the study.