• LEIVON JIMMY KOM

The Kom Rem are tribes composed of a group of six smaller tribes having unique customs and practices. Scales for measurement of length exist as a system in their own right since time immemorial. There are three kinds of scales used for measuring length amongst them. They are the Kaap, the Tuk and the Hlam. The most popular among them is Tuk. The scale is not confined to only these tribes but to their neighbouring people such as the Kuki-Chin-Mizo group of tribes and the Meiteis. All though there exist no accurate value for the said scale i.e Tuk (also for the Kaap and the Hlam), its uses and adaptation to the time and circumstances have become rather significant. This article is an attempt to document the traditional scales of measurement among the Kom Rem tribes descriptively and analytically. The various customary practices imploring the use of such scales are also explored to give a vivid picture of their symbolic uses through customary institutions such as the Village Council.

Traditional measuring scales, Tuk, Kaap, Hlam, Kom Rem tribes.

"Tuk: A traditional measuring scale among the Kom Rem tribes of Manipur (India)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.367-370, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907651.pdf

"Tuk: A traditional measuring scale among the Kom Rem tribes of Manipur (India)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp367-370, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907651.pdf