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Feb 2022 Literature of Meghalaya

Contribution of regional writers of Meghalaya in English Literature The eighties and the nineties saw a spurt of literature and creative writing, in Northeast India including that of writing in English. Those were days of emergent crisis in this region: violence, demands for seceding, frequent calls for shut downs and of course the historic Assam movement. In such situation creative writing flourished. The common man was caught in vicious nets of militarism and militancy. Poetry suddenly sprang among local writers and those of English. Though violence is considered to be a popular leitmotif of such poets and writers, what is critically significant is their fantasy of the past and alignments with stories, myths and legends. This was a sure creative way of connecting past and present and look towards a definable or even, indefinable ‘ peace’. At the same time many of the poets in Assamese, Manipuri and Khasi were publishing translated versions into English in classy journals such as Chandrabhaga and Kavya Bharati.

KhasiLanguage New Khasi This alphabet was devised by Jüda F. Alphabets: Kapu as a new way to write Khasi, language of meghalaya. Unlike the version of Latin alphabet usually used, this alphabet distinguishes between short and long vowels.

BasicSentences ENGLISH KHASI 1) Hello 1) Kumno 2) How are you? 2) Phi long kumno? 3) I am fine 3) Nga biang 4) Thank you 4) Khublei 5) What is your 5) Kaei ka kyrteng name? jong ph? 6) My name is Ram 6) Nga kyrteng ka 7) What is the price Ram of this? 7) Katno (ka dor jong 8) Who is she/he? une/kane) 9) I am from London 8) Uei /Kaei 10) Bye, See you 9) Nga dei na London 10) Shibun, Sa tomorrow lakynduh lashai

Arts&Crafts The Garo people manufacture beautiful baskets known as 'Meghum Khoks' which are used by them to store different items. Another speciality of the Garo people is expertise in Pokerwork in which designs are burnt into the bamboo with a red-hot pointed rod. Jaintia tribe of Meghalaya are skilled in making bamboo fishing traps which function very well. Maghalaya is also known for other arts such as silk weaving, carpet weaving Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur aThis is and manufacturing of ornamentsadipiscing elit. and musicalEtiam aliquet eu mi quis Titleinstruments. lacinia. – Page 15 Some of the famous handicrafts of Meghalaya are: ➢ Baskets ➢ Open Weave Carrying Basket ➢ Closed Weave Carrying Basket ➢ Small Storage Baskets ➢ Coiled Cane Containers ➢ Large Storage Basket ➢ Rain Shield and Headgears ➢ Winnowing Trays & Fans ➢ Mud Shovel ➢ Shield made of bamboo plints ➢ Khasi Bamboo Comb ➢ Khasi Bamboo Pipes

Paintings/Folk Art

FolkDances Meghalaya Dance forms an important part of the Meghalayan society: birth, marriage, annual festivals, etc. They seem to be incomplete without the dance performances. •Ka Shad Suk Mynsiem – It is an annual spring dance that celebrates the harvesting and sowing seasons. This dance is performed to celebrate the agricultural cycles. The performers of the dance are girls and boys who wear colorful clothes and jewelry. •Ka Pom-Blang Nongkrem - Unmarried girls decked with gorgeous attire, gold and silver ornaments, and yellow flowers, dance forward and backward forming a circle. Men also dance in a wide circle with a sword and a white hair whisk in their hands. •Laho Dance - Men and wLoroemmipesumnddolorresist asmeet,d in colorful garments dance form. It isconsectetur adipiscing elit. Erteiamm arkable take active part in the aliquet eu mi quis lacinia. that, instead of any musical instruments, a man with a natural talent in recitation, recites couplets during the dance performances.

DressingStyle Meghalaya is home to the Khasi, Jaintia and Garo tribes. Jainsem is the traditional costume for women and is usually made of mulberry silk, a local specialty. Over the jainsem, they wear cotton shawls called tap- moh khlieh. Garo women can be seen wearing eking — a wraparound. The women wear a blouse along with dakmanda,Read all about it on page 55 another sarong-like garment with floral patterns and attractive designs embroidered on it.

Information on Traditional Medicines A survey was carried out during 2000–2002 to collect information on the medicinal uses of plants found in the Jaintia inhabited villages of Borolukha, Khoyong, Bandarkhal, Dimbrucherra, Harangajao, Ditokcherra and Mailongdisa. Routine methods of plant collection and herbarium techniques have been followed in the study. Information about the plants were recorded with regards to their vernacular names, plant part used, process of preparation of medicine either individually or in combination with other plant parts, and mode of application and doses for the treatment of a particular disease or diseases. All the voucher specimens were identified using relevant floras and standard literature and were deposited in the Department of Botany. The collected information was analyzed, and correlation was made between different genera and species of the medicinal plants in order to understand the pattern in medicinal plant uses and occurrences. The plants were collected in its flowering stage as far as possible, from its natural habitat. The medicinal plant use by the Jaintia tribes need a thorough phytochemical investigation including alkaloid extraction and isolation along with few clinical trials. This could help in creating mass awareness regarding the need for conservation of such plants and also in the promotion of ethno-medico- botany knowledge within the region besides contributing to the preservation and enrichment of the gene bank of such economically important species before they are lost forever.

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