Jonbeel Mela
- Swetha Jain
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min read
Unique Market in India 🇮🇳 where still Barter system is carried on
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Jonbeel Mela
Jonbeel Mela (pron:ˈʤɒnˌbi:l ˈmeɪlə) (Assamese: জোনবিল মেলা, Hindi: जोनबिल मेला)
(Indigenous Tiwa community fair)
Date(s) - January or February
Frequency - Annual
Location(s)- Dayang Belguri, Morigaon, Assam
Inaugurated- 15th century AD
It is a three-day annual indigenous Tiwa Community fair held the weekend of Magh Bihu at a historic place known as Dayang Belguri at Joonbeel. It is 3 km from Jagiroad in Morigaon district of Assam and 32 km from Guwahati. The National Highway connecting the mela is NH 37.
The Joonbeel (Joon and Beel are Assamese terms for the Moon and a wetland respectively) is so called because a large natural water body is shaped like a crescent moon.
It was first organized ago by the Tiwa (Lalung) to discuss the prevailing political situations.
A few days before the mela starts, indigenous tribal communities of Assam Hills and neighborhood like Hills Tiwa, Karbi, Khasi, and Jayantia of the northeast come down from the hills with products and interchange their merchandise with the native indigenous Assamese people in a barter system. It is said to be a hi-tech age barter system and perhaps the only fair in India where barter system is still alive.
Source: Internet
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