Wangala dance

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Wangala dance is a traditional harvest festival dance of the Garo people of Northeast India, performed to honor the Sun god and celebrate agricultural bounty.

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Label Occurrences
Wangala dance canonical 3
Hundred Drums Wangala dance 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf harvest festival dance
ritual dance
traditional dance
alsoKnownAs Hundred Drums Wangala dance
linked to: Wangala dance
associatedWith Sun worship
drum music
traditional Garo costumes
country India
culturalSignificance major harvest celebration of the Garo people
danceForm group dance
ethnicGroup Garo people
festival Wangala festival
genre festival dance
honorsDeity Sun god
intangibleHeritageStatus important element of Garo cultural heritage
linkedTo agricultural cycle
rice cultivation
mainParticipants Garo men
Garo women
linked to: Garo people
musicalInstruments drums
gongs
performedBy Garo people
performedDuring Wangala harvest festival
linked to: Wangala festival
purpose celebrate agricultural bounty
thanksgiving for good harvest
region Meghalaya
Northeast India
religiousContext Garo indigenous religion
religiousFunction ritual of thanksgiving to deities
season post-harvest season

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Garo people traditionalDance Wangala dance
Meghalayan culture hasDanceForm Wangala dance
Wangala festival featuresDanceForm Wangala dance
Wangala dance alsoKnownAs Hundred Drums Wangala dance
linked to: Wangala dance