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The annual Nongkrem Dance is held at Smit every autumn and is asssociated with goat sacrifice. It is the most important festival of the Khyrim State.
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The Wangala is a Garo post-harvest festival that marks the end of the agricultural year. It is an act of thanksgiving to the sun god of fertility, known as Misi-A-Gilpa-Saljong-Galapa. A nagara (a special drum used for calling the people on solemn occasions) is beaten.
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One of Meghalaya's most colourful religious festivals, Behdeinkhlam, is celebrated for three days during July at Jowai. The word literally means 'driving away of evil (plague) by wooden sticks'.
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There are various festivals throughout the year, but Shillong comes alive in the month of October-November during the annual autumn festival.
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