In Village council of Reangs of Tripura, the priest is designated as ______.

Concept

The Reang (Bru) are the second-largest tribe of Tripura, and their traditional self-government rests on a Village Council in which each office carries a distinct, named duty. The priest is the office that conducts all the religious ceremonies of the community, and in the Reang village council that office is titled Ackai (the same designation also written Akcai or Ojhai).

Applying it

1. Match each offered title to its role in the Reang village council, drawing on the standard description of Reang administration.

2. Ackai (also written Akcai or Ojhai) is the priest: he supervises and performs all the religious ceremonies of the village.

3. Kher Pang is the manager and storekeeper, an administrative-economic office, not a religious one.

4. Daoa is the messenger of the council, who carries its communications.

5. Hazra is an assistant chief at the higher (zonal/apex) level of Reang administration, not the village priest.

Cross-check

This is confirmed directly by the standard account of Reang administration, which records the priest's office under this very title; the cross-check is that this office is purely religious, distinct from the council's headman, manager, messenger and other administrative posts.