Meghalaya's Shillong Decked Up With Festive Colours Ahead Of Christmas
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In one of Shillong's oldest localities in Jaiaw under Jaiaw Laitdom Dorbar, traditional tribal three cone figures stand tall.
It is Christmas time in Meghalaya, a Christian majority state, as streets, homes and villages have been decked up with Christmas decorations ahead of the festive celebrations.
In one of Shillong's oldest localities in Jaiaw under Jaiaw Laitdom Dorbar, traditional tribal three cone figures stand tall. One look at what has now become the art installation representing Khasi traditional crafts, can connect the beholder with the past, intersecting in the present with efforts to embrace the future.
The three figures that look like Christmas trees with lights, were actually crafted from bamboo culms by skilled craftsmen of Nongtariang village in Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya. The three cones between 7 and 12 feet tall seem to represent the Christmas nativity story of old where the baby, the mother and the father were present in a manger.
