Garo people
The Garos are a tribal people in Meghalaya, Republic of India and neighboring areas of Bangladesh, who call themselves A·chik Mande (literally "hill people," from a·chik "hill" + mande "people") or simply A·chik or Mande.[1] They are the second-largest tribe in Meghalaya after the Khasi and comprise about a third of the local population. The Garos are one of the few remaining matrilineal societies in the world.
Garo People Media
Garo Women and head of Garo Boy
The traditional house of Garo tribes
A Garo womanIn the Garo hills the woman wear fifty or more brass rings in each ear, a ring being sometimes as much as four inches in diameter. When a man dies his widow puts of her war-rings till the funeral ceremony is over and sometimes never puts them on again.
Garo boy in traditional dress
Garo girl in traditional dress
A Garo woman with traditional ornaments
Young Garo girls in traditional dress before the start of a festival in Resubelpara in 2016
A moment of Wangala dance of Garo community of Assam.
A 'Wangala' drummer of Garo Tribe of Meghalaya at the Republic Day Folk Dance Festival 2004 which was inaugurated by the President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on January 24, 2004
References
- ↑ "Official Homepage of Meghalaya State of India". Archived from the original on 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2012-12-22.