Isolated hut
The place
Isolated hut in Assam state, Guwahati/Nalbari area (Brahmaputra Valley, northeastern India), at 180 m elevation, Brahmaputra floodplain. Continuous India cluster (batches 342-350, 2 entries). Traditional Assam floodplain forest/tribal hut, in the Brahmaputra basin (a giant river, world's 5th by volume at 20,000 m³/s, massive annual flooding affecting 3-4 million km² + sāli rice farming + muga silk, endemic Antheraea assamensis, a rare 65 g cocoon), heritage of the Bodo people (a Tibeto-Burman people, 2 million speakers of Bodo-Garo languages, Northeast India, animist Bathouism founded in the 16th century, messianic Bathoubwrai + 1980-2020 uprisings for territorial autonomy in a Bengali-Hindu-majority Assam).
The setting
Assam Guwahati/Nalbari Brahmaputra Valley NE India 180 m floodplain, continuous cluster batches 342-350 2 entries, floodplain forest/tribal hut, Brahmaputra world's 5th by volume 20,000 m³/s flooding 3-4 million km² + sāli rice + muga silk Antheraea assamensis rare 65 g cocoon, Bodo Tibeto-Burman 2 million Bodo-Garo animist Bathouism 16th c. messianic Bathoubwrai + 1980-2020 uprisings for autonomy in Bengali-Hindu-majority Assam.
