

Suggested Tour: 4 Days - Shillong Tour Package 12.

This is the time to enjoy musical instrument plays, dance, song, and others.Īlso Read : Best Places To Celebrate Christmas in India

Female dress in several pieces of cloth fastened together and a crown.īest time to visit the villages is during Shad Nongkrem festival, which takes place in July. Men dress in sleeveless coat or sarong with turban. The Christians of this tribe pray to Snake God, named U Thlen. Most of the people follow Christianity and a few follow the KaNiam Khasi religion. The tribes who live in this region speak Astroasiatic language. Khasi and Jaintia are hill regions in Meghalaya. Suggested Tour: 3 Days - Kaziranga National Park Tour 11. Karbi TribesĪlso Read: 15 Famous Festivals in North East India Karbi instrument music is also famous among tourists. The festivals are celebrated with dance, music, and merrymaking. The best time to visit these clans is during festivals like Chojun, Hacha-Kejan, ThoiAsor RitAsor, Peng Karkli, and others. Members within a clan should not get married. This tribe is famous for encouraging love marriage more than an arranged marriage. Their native language is Karbi and they are divided into five clans. They practice Animism and you can also find Hindus and Christians in this tribe. KarbiĪlso called Mikir, this tribe can be seen commonly in hill regions. If you are up for some adrenaline action, watch the tribal men catch deadly snakes. They are versed in catching snakes and rats in the agricultural regions of South India. They speak Irula and they are named after their very dark skin. Suggested Tour: 12 Days - India Nepal Buddhist Tour Lepcha TribeĪlso Read : Losar Festival! Celebration and Highlights in India To enjoy all these, you ought to take part in their marriage celebration. If you visit their villages, you ought to enjoy their traditional dance and music celebrations, buy basketry items, and enjoy lute music. This tribe grows cardamom, oranges, and rice. They live in bamboo houses that stand on stilts. Men wear multicolored cloth with a conical hat of rattan or bamboo. Women wear one long piece of cloth made with silk or cotton up to their ankle. Most of the tribal communities are Buddhist and a few are Shamanistic and Christians. You can find numerous old manuscripts written in this script. They speak Lepcha, which has a script too. There are four different communities under this tribe. Lepcha call themselves as the Children of God.
