Mayong: The Heritage of Black Magic and Traditional Treatment

Abstract

Mayong, a village under morigaon district of Assam state, India is also known as village of magic or black magic. Usually the village has drawn the attention due to the traditional occult and folklore practice. Till today few people in the village maintain the tradition too. Not only, the traditional herbal practices but also the witchcraft was in practice by the people of this area. Several herbs have been used for both the purposes. Out of curiosity a tour was conducted to the village and several palm leaf manuscripts were found preserved with valuable information both on occult and folk practices. Attention was given to explore the remedial measures possible for further research on health issues through herbal formulations.

Archaeological Landscape of Mayong in the Kalang-Kapili Valley of Assam

“…Mayong is well known as a land of black magic, witchcraft, sorcery and tantric practices (Gurung 2020, Kalita 1992, Kumar and Ansari 2020, Nanda 2014, Nath 2010, Saikia 2015, Saikia 2017. It has been also a centre of spiritual healing and indigenous medicinal system since the medieval period.…”