chalet bamboo Nestled before a curtain of luxuriantly forested foothills, Pasighat, which sits back out on the pla

Eastern and central Meghalaya are mainly populated by the closely related chalet bamboo Jaintia, Pnar and Khasi peoples, originally migrants from Southeast Asia. Western Meghalaya is home to the unrelated Garo tribe. Despite their different ethnic backgrounds, chalet bamboo these two groups use a matrilineal system of inheritance with children taking chalet bamboo the mother s family name. A good time to be in Meghalaya is when the four day, state-wide, Wangala chalet bamboo festival takes place. This Garo harvest festival is renowned for its impressive traditional dancing.

Nestled before a curtain of luxuriantly forested foothills, chalet bamboo Pasighat, which sits back out on the plains, feels more like Assam than Arunachal Pradesh. The town hosts the interesting chalet bamboo Minyong-Adi tribe s Solung Festival (1-5 September). The internet cafe (per hr 60; h7.30am-8pm) is 50m from the Hotel Aane and there s an SBI ATM just along from the sumo stand in the central market area.