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The Hajong ethnic religion, also called Dyaoism, is the ethnic religion of the Hajong people of Northeast India, the fourth largest ethnicity in the Indian state of Meghalaya.[1] The practice is a mixture of Hinduism and the animistic beliefs of the Hajong people. This sect of Hinduism includes worship of gods and deities of Hindu origin, demigods and spirits, all referred to as Dyao.

  1. ^ Hajong, B. (2002). The Hajongs and their struggle. Assam, Janata Press. p. 1.

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