moliet Carved out of Assam in 1972, hilly Meghalaya (Abode of Clouds) is a cool, pine-fresh contrast to the

Eastern and central Meghalaya are mainly populated by the closely related Jaintia, Pnar and Khasi peoples, originally migrants from Southeast Asia. Western Meghalaya is home to the unrelated Garo tribe. Despite their different ethnic backgrounds, these two groups use a matrilineal system of inheritance with children taking the mother s family name. A good time to be in Meghalaya is when the four day, state-wide, moliet Wangala festival moliet takes place. This Garo harvest festival is renowned for its impressive traditional moliet dancing.

Carved moliet out of Assam in 1972, hilly Meghalaya (Abode moliet of Clouds) is a cool, pine-fresh contrast to the sweaty Assam plains. Set on dramatic horseshoes of rocky cliff above the Bengal plains, Cherrapunjee and Mawsynram are statistically the wettest places on earth. moliet Most of the rain falls between April and September, creating very impressive waterfalls and carving moliet out some of Asia s longest caves.