100 DRUMS WANGALA FESTIVAL - The Most Amazing Festival of Garo Hills, Meghalaya | Offbeat & Untold

Wangala Festival is celebrated in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya. It is one of the most important festivals of the Garo community in Meghalaya. They have been celebrating Wangala from time immemorial and the festival has now become the cultural identity of the Garos. Wangala Festival is essentially a post-harvest thanksgiving festival. The Garo people pay their gratitude and reverence to Misi Saljong or The Great Giver for having blessed them with a rich harvest for the season. Wangala is performed in most of the villages of Garo Hills and also in places where the Garos have migrated like Assam, Nagaland and Bangladesh. While different Garo villages celebrate this festival, a grand celebration is arranged at Tura. The third day is usually the most frenzied one. It is the day for the grand performance of 100 drums Wangala festival. 30 dancers with 10 drummers forms a group and there are 10 such groups. So a total of 300 dancers perform to the rhythm of 100 drummers.