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If there is one recurring theme throughout my trip in the north—east, its the sense of community, kind of everywhere really, and there is nothing better to illustrate that than this. a local village going down to the river to celebrate harvest. this community was started in 1939 by a young woman who came from the mountains in search of food. she founded this place because it was better for her, because it was closer to the water and civilisation, so finally she brings herfamily here, followed ...

More than half of meghalayas population belong to the khasi tribe. and here at shillongs british—built polo ground, a traditional local sport is thriving here. but it sure aint polo. every afternoon, hundreds of people gather from all around to take part in a really interesting daily ritual. this is called teer, derivee from the hindi word for arrow. a target is mounted and 50 archers have a few minutes to hit it as many times as possible. the significance of the sport dates back to the early ...

When they came back to their daily life, mainly agriculture. during that time there was no partition, no bangladesh, no pakistan so we had that link. during monsoon, the khasi hills are hit by record—breaking downpours, more than 20 feet of rain in a month. these are some of the wettest places on the planet. but people here have found an ingenious way to harness nature in order to prevent the village from being cut off by floods. what are they doing? now they are tying bamboo to cross on both ...

I am aiming for the target, obviously, which is? the small one. the small one there? 0k. why is it going to the ground? show me. get out of the way, everyone. here we go. dont move. now were getting there! spectators get involved by taking bets on the number of arrows that hit the target. and, crucially, it is only the last two numbers of the total score that matter. they are all added up and the last two digits will be the result. 695 arrows.

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And here at shillongs british—built polo ground, a traditional local sport is thriving here. but it sure aint polo. every afternoon, hundreds of people gather from all around to take part in a really interesting daily ritual. this is called teer, derivee from the hindi word for arrow. a target is mounted and 50 archers have a few minutes to hit it as many times as possible. the significance of the sport dates back to the early 1800s when khasi warriors defended their homelands and not with gun...

Who plants a tree, when it grows, they put a plaque down with their name on it, so i will have that privilege. fantastic, thank you. and so to my final day in assam, and a different kind of ritualistic celebration of nature. if there is one recurring theme throughout my trip in the north—east, its the sense of community, kind of everywhere really, and there is nothing better to illustrate that than this. a local village going down to the river to celebrate harvest. this community was started i...

You make sure that you are not touching anything. we have not seen anybody, really, but everyone we have seen has been a friendly and kept to a safe distance. we feel fine. they reopened the car park here so visitors dont park in the centre of the village or on verges, and the idea is that that will reduce contact, and possible infections between tourists and locals. tourism is vital for this part of yorkshire, and they do want visitors back here once it is safe. one estimate is that the economy...

This community was started in 1939 by a young woman who came from the mountains in search of food. she founded this place because it was better for her, because it was closer to the water and civilisation, so finally she brings herfamily here, followed by her brother and this particular village is the entire family, her own clan... they all come from that one woman? really. fascinating, wow. this is a much—loved annual celebration, and people of all ages gather to muck in, using fishing method...