People are largely Christian (Catholic or Presbyterian) or follow indigenous religions. We eat distinct foods: neï iong, jadoh, tungrymbai, doh khleh, tungtap. We'll try to pickle anything. We wear jainkryshah and jainsem. We do not practice arranged marriages and the man moves into his wife's house

April 11, 2026 - 07:04 UTC

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And when this comes into contact with mainland patriarchal Hinduism, strange things happen. There's a tourist industry of offering traditional clothes to dress up in, offering "traditional villages" to visit and eat in, offering tours to places that were previously quiet and known only to locals
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And there are tourist demands and expectations about food, culture, religion and gender. Khasi, Jaintia and Garo culture risks becoming commercialised and commodified as something quaint for the tourist gaze, rather than living and real.

I don't know how I feel about it.
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