Customary laws and practices curb the rights of the Maram Naga tribal women in Manipur

Women have been subjugated in various ways in the patriarchal dominated society. The patriarchal hierarchy systems are not willing to accept women coming into the mainstream in decision making. Maram tribal women are also denied their basic rights under the guiseof customary law and tradition. The Patriarchal hegemony strongly inculcates the mind of the society leaving the women in the Periphery. However, they have more privileges than other Naga tribal women. This paper study the customary law and practices that governs and curb the rights of the Maram Naga tribal women in Manipur, their drawbacks, social life, beliefs, customs and traditions. Traditional Customary practices never allowed the women to live a life of her own. It dominates her to live only as a mother, daughter, sister, and a wife, a childbearer, a household manager and a water carrier. A women’s life is preconceived even before she is born.