Meghalaya, a north-eastern tribal state in India, is inhabited by three tribal communities: The Khasi, Jaintia, and Garo. The Khasi community primarily reside in the East and West Khasi Hills, the ...

People turn out in traditional costumes and enjoy the feasting and ... this festival of Meghalaya’s Jaintia community takes place after the sowing period. Held in the month of July during ...

In Nartiang, a little village deep inside the West Jaintia hills in the northeastern state of Meghalaya in India, there is a temple dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Durga. The temple not very ...

Nartiang (Jaintia Hills), Oct. 4: The Puja is minimalist, with nothing but a trunk to depict the goddess; the worshippers are not Hindus but followers of the Jaintia religion, niamtre; and Durga here ...

Syndai (Jaintia Hills) Oct. 24: The Syndai Kmaishnong hamlet in Jaintia Hills, 110km from Shillong and overlooking the plains of Bangladesh, is replete with historical and archaeological remains ...

Located in the foothills of cloud covered Jaintia hills, the town consists of several Khasi villages, pine apple and clementine orchards and a few bazaars. However, this small town has a long ...