Achik Mande - The Garos from the hills!

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Tribal dance of the Garo tribe of Meghalaya! The Garos are tribal people in Meghalaya, India and neighboring areas of Bangladesh, who call themselves Achik Mande (literally "hill people," from a chik "hill" + mande "people") or simply Achik or Mande. They are the second-largest tribe in Meghalaya after the Khasi and comprise about a third of the local population. These are one of the few remaining matrilineal societies in the world which means that the individuals take their clan titles from their mothers. Sons leave the parents' house at puberty, and are trained in the village bachelor dormitory (nokpante). After getting married, the man lives in his wife's house. While property of Garo's is owned by the women, the men folk govern the society and domestic affairs and manage the property. The Garos group songs may include - Ku•dare sala, Hoa ring•a, Injoka, Kore doka, Ajea, Doroa, Nanggorere goserong, Dim dim chong dading chong, Serejing, Boel sala etc. Dance forms are Ajema Roa, Mi Su•a, Chambil Moa, Do•kru Sua, Chame mikkang nia, Kambe Toa, Gaewang Roa, Napsepgrika and many others. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.