Meghalayan culture

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Meghalayan culture refers to the diverse indigenous traditions, languages, festivals, and social practices of the hill communities of Meghalaya in Northeast India, including groups such as the Rabha people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intangible cultural heritage
regional culture
associatedWithEthnicGroup Bhoi people
Garo people
Jaintia people
Khasi people
Pnar people
Rabha people
War Khasi people
linked to: War Khasi
associatedWithRegion Eastern Himalayas
country India
hasCraftTradition bamboo craft
cane work
weaving
hasCulturalAspect clan-based social structure
customary law
folk dance
folk music
indigenous religious practices
indigenous traditions
oral traditions
traditional festivals
hasDanceForm Laho dance
Nongkrem dance
Wangala dance
hasEconomicActivity horticulture
shifting cultivation
wet rice cultivation
hasFestival Behdeinkhlam festival
Chad Sukra
Christmas
Nongkrem Dance Festival
Shad Suk Mynsiem
Wangala festival
hasKinshipSystem matrilineal descent
matrilocal residence
hasLanguage English
Garo language
Hindi
Khasi language
Pnar language
Rabha language
hasLanguageFamily Austroasiatic languages
linked to: Austroasiatic

Tibeto-Burman languages
hasMusicTradition drum-based ensembles
flute music
hasReligion Christianity
Hinduism
Seng Khasi indigenous faith
Songsarek indigenous faith
hasSocialInstitution clan council
village council
influencedBy Christian missionary activity
colonial-era interactions
locatedIn Meghalaya
Northeast India
recognizedAs part of India’s cultural diversity

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Rabha people associatedWith Meghalayan culture