Garo Morung

Roko Tep 18 months ago

The Garo are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic tribal group from the Indian subcontinent, living mostly in the Indian states of Meghalaya of Garo and Khasi Hills, Assam, Tripura, and Nagaland, and in neighboring areas of Bangladesh. Historically, the name Garo was used for wide range of inhabitants in southern bank of Brahmaputra but now refers to those who call themselves Achik Mande (literally "hill people," from Achik "bite soil" + mande "people") or simply Achik or Mande. They are the second-largest tribe in Meghalaya after the Khasi and comprise about a third of the local population.
Many of the Garo community follow Christianity, with some rural pockets still practicing traditional animist religion known as Songsarek.
The staple cereal food is rice. Their jhum fields and the forests provide them with vegetables and roots. Bamboo shoots are esteemed as a delicacy. The Garo make their own liquor by fermenting a special type of rice and the finished product is called "Minil Bichi".
Most Garo festivals are based on the agricultural cycle of crops. The harvesting festival Wangala is the biggest celebration of the tribe happening in the month of October or November every year. It is the thanksgiving after harvest in the honor of the god Saljong, provider of nature's bounties.

Sumit Patel 22 months ago

It is a traditional Hut of Garo tribe and displays some statues there