Framing itself as the Khasi cultural centre, Smit hosts the major fi ve-day Nongkrem Festival (October). snowmass festival This features animal sacrifices and a curious slow-motion shuffling dance performed in full costume in front of the thatched bamboo palace of the local syiem (traditional ruler). Smit is 11km from Shillong, 4km off the Jowai road.
The beautifully forested hills around Itanagar hide the attractive Ganga Lake (5km), a local picnic snowmass festival spot. Further away (20km) is Poma village, which is about the closest place to town to see the traditional architecture of bamboo longhouses (although many of these are being slowly replaced with concrete box houses).
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