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Tribes of Meghalaya / Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts presents ; by Oasis Productions ; directors, Sujit, B.B. Lahkar ; producer, B.B. Lahkar.
LIBRA DVD/PAL 027 409
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Indic (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- Garo (Indic people)--India--Meghalaya--Social life and customs.
- Garo (Indic people).
- Khasi (Indic people)--India--Meghalaya--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Khasi (Indic people).
- Jaintia (Indic people)--India--Meghalaya--Social life and customs.
- Jaintia (Indic people).
- Manners and customs.
- Meghalaya (India)--Social life and customs.
- Meghalaya (India).
- India--Meghalaya.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Ethnographic films.
- Fiction.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (59 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, [2013?]
- Language Note:
- In English; some vocal music in tribal languages.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, PAL; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital optical
- PAL
- video file DVD video PAL
- Summary:
- "Meghalaya is a beautiful state surrounded by greenery, smiling sunshine, rainfalls and beautiful hills. The land is inhabited largely by tribes. Garo, Khasi and Jaintiya are three types of tribes in Meghalaya having a glorious & unique history, customs, rituals & culture. They are geographically located in Garo hills, Khasi hills and Jaintiya hills respectively as the names depict. Mostly the Garo tribes adopted Christianity yet they kept up their traditional customs and culture, whereas Khasi on other hand believes in their own culture and traditional democracy and Jaintiya tribe share their own unique traditions. These tribes have different traditions of marriages like according to Garo's tradition bridegroom has to move to his wife's place after marriage. The documentary encompasses their culture, customs, tradition and rituals. They mainly cultivate [betel] nuts, and this area is the major supplier of [betel] nuts in whole of India and Bangladesh. "Wanglas" is the major festival which is celebrated after the harvest of crops. Shillong is the capital city of the state which is also known as the 'Hub of Educational Institutes'. Today, the communities have diluted their traditional customs with new and modern customs but still their way of living and life remains the same."--Container.
- Credits:
- Camera, NOBO, M. Rehman; editor, Pardip Maity; music, Manas Hazarika; sound, Sunil Nath.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture.
- Copyright notice on container: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi.
- OCLC:
- 868830522
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