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alainloss: Traditional bamboo huts near Asananggre
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alainloss: Rain-soaked Meghalaya is lush green
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alainloss: Bamboo house near Tura
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alainloss: Snack vendor in his corrugated and bamboo hut
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alainloss: Village near Tura
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alainloss: Building a bamboo house
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alainloss: Young Garo couple
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alainloss: Garo boy
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alainloss: Where bamboo exists, no worry (Garo saying)
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alainloss: Garo enjoying their street breakfast in Tura
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alainloss: Sitting on the fence
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alainloss: In a matrilineal system where women have a dominant role men put on a brave face
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alainloss: Troupe presentation
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alainloss: Each troupe is led by a Nokma (village headman) bearing a dagger and a shield
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alainloss: Women dance moving their feet to the rhythmic beat of drums
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alainloss: The oblong drums are made of wood and the membranes and chords of cow leather
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alainloss: Nokma leading his troupe of dancers and drummers
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alainloss: Young spectators in awe
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alainloss: Troupe of drummers and dancers led by the Nokma (head of clan)
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alainloss: The post harvest festival of the Garo attracts a big crowd
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alainloss: Aspiring dancers
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alainloss: Troupe of drummers and dancers waiting for their turn
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alainloss: Dancer and drummers dressed in their traditional finery
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alainloss: Garo are overwhelmingly Christians courtesy of European missionaries in the 19th century
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alainloss: Troupe of dancers with their feathered headgears
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alainloss: During the Rugala ritual, rice beer and cooked rice are offered to Misi Saljong (the Sun God) for blessing the Garo with a good Harvest
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alainloss: During the Rugala ritual a rice beer is given in offering to Misi Saljong (Sun God)
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alainloss: A Nokma (head of clan) holding a Garo dagger and a shield
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alainloss: Men carry long drums strapped to their waists
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alainloss: Garo dancer wearing a silver necklace