Picture Gallery 2
JIKMIDE (A sacred stick for solemnizing propitiating the deities)
BA'GIBA MITDE (A symbol of Mother deity that hold the earth)
SALJONG MITDE (A symbol of Saljong mitde, the giver of crops)
RAKKASI MITDE (A symbol of Rakkasi mitde, deity)
MITDE AMUA (Propitiating deities by KAMAL, the Garo priest)
WAK TATTA (Pig offering to deities)
HULGIA (Falling down in front of an altar to show their submission to the dieties)
KIMMA (Memorial posts in memory of the deads by which one can understand how many members of the family died)
DELANG (Temporary resting place for the dead's soul. The traditional Garos believe that a dead's soul stays for a while herein before leaving for perpetual abode)
MIMANGNA CHINNA (Food offering to dead's soul in a Delang before a ceremony 'Delang Praka' burn out the delang)
WAK DOKKA (A pig had brought by a nearest relative of the dead and offered in his/her memory. It will turn around the delang seven times and killed)
MEMANG (A symbol of a dead's existence that it stays with them)
DO'BIK NIA (Defining the day of ceremony whether it is good or bad by bringing out the entrails of a fowl. It shows good day)
RUGALA (Wangala festival begins by offering 'chu' wine to the deity Misi Saljong that is called Rugala. This is the first and foremost rituals done to start WANGALA ceremonies)
RA'CHAKSOA (A gesture of Welcoming Dance)
RA'CHAKSOA (A gesture of Welcoming Dance)
MI'AKSROPA (A gesture of Jhum Dancing)
KIL'PUA (A gesture of Jhum Dancing)
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RINGKONG (A wooden feeder for pig feeding. Generally the Garo people use this and made by curving out a log of wood.)
ATTE (The Chopper, Cutter)
BORANG Traditional Field Watching house of the Garos. It is built on a nearby tree of the field. It needed vigilant watching and protection for the crops. Wild boars, elephants and small tiny birds used damage the crops. Someone stays in the borang by day or at night and drove away those from the fileds.
NOK A.CHIK Traditional Garo house. The Garos generally build their house on a platform of stones or bamboos or wood. This platform is called Gan.sang . It needed plenty of bamboos, wood, stones and thatched grass to build a traditional house. The platform is generally raised 2 to 3 feet high from the ground. In some cases, it may be upto 8 feet or more. It depends on the position of building a house. Sometime the front side of the house is built at the end of plain slope of the hill and the other part of the house is built at the lower part of the slope on a platform. This time the platform needed to make high upto 6 to 10 feet from the ground. Different types of Nok A.chik are displayed above.
GANCHI The traditional animist Garos who are called SONGSAREK used to burn away the corpse. Before burning, a burner altar is being built by digging out nearly a 2 feet depth trench sizable according to the dead body. The altar is called GANCHI. A cock and a pig was slaughtered after building the altar, being smeared the bloods on the poles. The dead body is put on it and set fire by the elder son.
ADURU or ADIL (It is a blowing traditional musical instrument, made of big size buffalo horn. At the narrowed end a bended pipe or a bamboo pipe is set. This aduru is used at Wangala festival. It gives mono sound.)
DO.MI (Feathers of fowl) The Garo women and men used the feathers of fowl as a decorative article on their heads binding round the head on ko.ping. One can recognize a Garo by this decorative article on their head. The feathers are called do.omi. Only the feathers of a cock is used.
MATGRIK (A Garo Warrior - grasping Millam (sword) and Spi (shield) is a common scenario of a portrayal of a matgrik)