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
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 man singing a folk song in Garo language at Ramgarh, Khagrachori
Garo men and women in traditional attire
Garo people performing on Wangala festival
References
- ↑ "Official Homepage of Meghalaya State of India". Archived from the original on 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2012-12-22.