Khelchawa Festival
- Recently,Tiwa tribesmen had taken part in a dance during the Khelchawa festival in Karbi Anglong district of Assam.
- It is a male-dominated festival. In a given year, young boys aged between 10-14 years enroll themselves for the festival. For the next five years, they become the main leads in religious or cultural events in the villages.
- The period of 4 days are then celebrated with full vigor and charm where young boys now adults dressed in traditional Tiwa costume perform to one of the most popular folk songs of the Tiwas.
- Pigs are sacrificed as a mark of respect for their ....
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