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Meghalaya 9m

Mar 08, 2026

Wangala Festival – The Harvest Celebration of the Garo People

A hundred drums don’t “play” in Meghalaya—they speak At the Wangala Festival, the Garo Hills turn into a vibrating landscape of rhythm, where dozens of dama drums echo across valleys in a collective act of gratitude for the harvest, the earth, and survival itself. What sounds like music is actually something deeper: a community remembering who they are through rhythm, movement, and shared celebration. #WangalaFestival #Meghalaya #GaroCulture #India #HarvestFestival #Drums #Tradition #Heritage #Culture #CultureXpose

Nagaland 9m

Mar 06, 2026

Hornbill Festival – The Festival of Festivals in Nagaland

In Nagaland, a festival invented in 2000 is now treated like ancient tradition — and that contradiction is exactly the point 🇮🇳 The Hornbill Festival brings together 16+ tribes, each with distinct languages, rituals, and histories, into one shared space where warrior dances, ancestral crafts, and even modern rock music coexist side by side. It is not a “revived” tradition—it is a newly built cultural stage where identity, memory, and survival are actively negotiated in real time. #HornbillFestival #Nagaland #India #TribalCulture #Culture #Heritage #Music #Tradition #Identity #CultureXpose