Art and culture
The 48th edition of a three-day cultural event, the 100 Drums Wangala Festival, is set to begin from November 7 at the usual venue, the Garo Heritage village of Wangala A’dam, at Chibragre near Goeragre on the outskirts of Tura town.
Wangala is the post-harvest festival of the Garos and is a thanksgiving ceremony to ‘Misi Saljong’, also known as the ‘Patigipa Rarongipa’, the deity who gives and blesses in abundance.
The festival sees the participation of 10 contingents representing different regions of the Garo Hills vying for the top three positions. Troupes from the neighbouring States of Assam and Nagaland and members of local cultural groups also join in the festivities, but not as part of the competition.
In the recent past, the festival even saw the participation of Wangala troupes by Garos from Bangladesh.
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