Basumatary is a Boro surname. It is the most popular surname amongst other surnames in Boro. Other surnames are Baalari, Brahma, Borgoyari, Boro, Bwiswmuthiary, Daimary, Goyari, Hazowari, Ishlary, Ishwary, Khaklari, Mohilary, Mushahary, Narzary, Owary, swargoyari, Wary. Among these Brahma is the latest surname which evolved when Bodos started adapting Brahma Dharma (sub-division Of Hindu religion made by the Boros) founded by Kalicharan Gurudev
In Boro, Baisamata means theMOTHER EARTH. Baisamata+ri=Baisamatari=Basumatary.. The folk of the Earth or the "EARTHLY FOLK". It is believed on the creation of our social group, they were related to the cultivation and any matter related to the land. So, they are also known as the Landlord class of people. They are also described as the Mother Earth sect.
The word Basumatary is a sanskritised form of "BAISAMATARI". This group was entitled with the responsibility of solving the land problems, distribution of land, settlement of any dispute relating to land holding in the early period of creation of this social group among the bodos.
In the early period a custom was followed by the Boros in connection with the cremation of the dead bodies. Before cremating the dead body some coins were to be offered to an elderly person of the BASUMATARY group as a revenue of the plot of land where cremation took place. The elderly person of the Basumatary group who received the coins was not allowed to bring the coins home, but was to leave them at the cremation ground. In the present Boro Society, this custom is followed no more....
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