chalet gardens Eastern and central Meghalaya are mainly populated by the closely related Jaintia, Pnar and Khasi pe

1 Sights War Cemetery HISTORIC SITE (hdawn-dusk Mon-Sat) This immaculate chalet gardens War Cemetery contains the graves of 1400 British, Commonwealth and Indian soldiers. It stands at the crucially strategic junction of the Dimapur chalet gardens and Imphal roads, the site of intense fighting against the Japanese during a 64-day WWII battle.

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