Wangala, the hundred-drums harvest festival, is celebrated by which tribe?
- A.Garo
- B.Angami
- C.Apatani
- D.Bhutia
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Garo. Wangala is the post-harvest thanksgiving festival of the Garo of Meghalaya, offered to Saljong, the sun god who grants the harvest. It is popularly called the festival of the hundred drums, because rows of dancers move to long drums, gongs and the buffalo-horn trumpet in the Garo Hills, and it is held around November.
Option B, the Angami, are a Naga tribe of Nagaland whose great festival is Sekrenyi, a purification festival in February. Option C, the Apatani, live in the Ziro valley of Arunachal Pradesh and celebrate Dree, an agricultural festival, and Myoko. Option D, the Bhutia, live in Sikkim and observe Losar and Losoong, the Tibetan new year festivals. All four are genuine tribes, but only the Garo keep Wangala.
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