India, Nov. 12 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday attended the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Garo community's Wangala Festival as the Chief Guest at the Garo Heritage Village in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya. He on the occasion, witnessed various traditional Garo dances and also appreciated the community's traditional method of brewing rice beer.

Wangala, the principal harvest festival of the Garo community, is celebrated as an expression of gratitude to the Almighty for a bountiful harvest. Also popularly known as the '100 Drums Festival', the Golden Jubilee edition witnessed Garo artistes performing an impressive display of their cultural heritage with 1,000 drums before the Chief Minister.

The festiv...