Assamese villages are similar to other villages throughout Bangladesh. They are located in jungles or forests, and are surrounded by groves of bamboo, mango, and coconut trees. For this reason, houses are built on higher ground. They are usually made of thatched bamboo, like the huts of the Assamese living in India. Animals as well as humans are believed to have souls.
Cows are sacred, but animals such as snakes and monkeys are also revered.
Hindus believe among other things that horoscopes and astrology can determine a person's fate. They use these methods to choose the right mate, to select an occupation, and to calculate a person's time of death. Another important teaching is that the soul never dies. They believe that when the body dies the soul is reborn, or reincarnated, as either an animal or a human. Religious rituals are constantly practiced to ensure the next life will be better than the present one.