Death Rituals:
     
The burying of the dead appears to have been a common custom amongst all the non-Aryan people of Assam. Hindu influences have induced some of them to take to burning. The Ahoms before they embraced Hinduism used to bury their dead. The Karbis and Deuris also burn their dead. But among the Bodos all the three customs are prevalent. Some of them burn their dead; some bury them, a third section simply takes the dead to the burial ground and leaves them there. The Dafla's, after burial, take p arms and shoot arrows in all direction to drive the evil spirits away.

The Dowaniyas will burn the dead if he is over 20 and bury him if he is under 20; the Fakials will burn the deceased if he is above and 15 and bury him if he is under 15. Death considered unnatural is not given the usual treatment, the Adis will not offer food at the grave of pregnant woman or a man killed in accident; the Deuris will not burn a man who has died of an epidemic but first bury him and then exhume the selection. The Khasis and the Rabhas follow both the custom of burying and burning. The Ao Nagas erect a high machan and place the dead body on it and expose it to be eaten by crows and vultures or to rot away; formerly they used to burn a fire below to render the body dry and help it wither away.