3-day Wangala Festival to begin in Meghalaya on Nov 10

The 46th edition of Wangala Festival, also known as 100 drums festival which is Meghalayas one of the most famous post harvest carnivals, will begin at Wangala dam Chibragre near Tura in West Garo Hills district on November 10, officials said on Friday.

The three-day cultural festival organised by the Hundred Drums Wangala Festival Committee will see the participation of 10 ten dancing troops from all four corners of Garo Hills, one of the four regions of Meghalaya.

The festival is a thanksgiving ceremony observed by the indigenous Garo tribes to seek blessings from the deity ‘Misi Saljong’ for bumper yields in the sowing season.