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{{Short description|Mountain range in Bangladesh and India}}(File:Baghmara, South Garo Hills.jpg|thumb|275x275px|Baghmara, in the South Garo Hills){{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}The Garo Hills (IPA: ËgÉ:ro:) are part of the Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya state of India.WEB, Garo Hills-The Ecological Canvas of Meghalaya,megtourism.gov.in/dest-garo.html, 3 May 2012, 29 October 2013,megtourism.gov.in/dest-garo.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20131029084022megtourism.gov.in/dest-garo.html,">web.archive.org/web/20131029084022megtourism.gov.in/dest-garo.html, dead, They are inhabited by the Garo people.BOOK, Subba, T.B., Ghosh, G.C., The anthropology of North-East India, 2003, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 81-250-2335-6, It is one of the wettest places in the world. The range is part of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion.BOOK, Joshi, H.G., Meghalaya: past and present, 2004, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, 81-7099-980-4, 1st, BOOK, Singh, V.B., Sema, K. Akali, Alila, Pauline, Horticulture for sustainable income and environmental protection, 2006, Concept Pub. Co., New Delhi, 81-8069-221-3, - the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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{{Pie chart|thumb = rightWEBSITE=CENSUS OF INDIA, 2011 | ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20150825155850/HTTP://WWW.CENSUSINDIA.GOV.IN/2011CENSUS/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS, 25 August 2015, |label1 = Christianity|color1 = DodgerBlue|value1 = 73.64|label2 = Hinduism|color2 = Orange|value2 = 13.34|label3 = Islam|color3 = Green|value3 = 10.08|label4 = Others|color4 = Grey|value4 = 2.94}}{{Pie chart| thumb = right| caption = Languages of Garo Hills (2011)WEB,www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html, C-16: Population by Mother Tongue, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, ORGI, www.censusindia.gov.in, 10 July 2018,www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180815035759www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180815035759www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html, 15 August 2018, live, | Garo language>Garo| value1 = 76.83| color1 = limegreen | Bengali language>Bengali| value2 = 12.04| color2 = gold | Hajong language>Hajong| value3 = 3.12| color3 = Blue | Koch language>Koch| value4 = 2.03| color4 = maroon | Rabha language>Rabha| value5 = 1.91| color5 = khaki | Assamese language>Assamese| value6 = 1.89| color6 = salmon| label7 = Hindi| value7 = 1.18| color7 = orange| label8 = Others| value8 = 1.00| color8 = Gray}}Garo Hills was a single district of British India.EB1911, Garo Hills, 11, 473, This includes a history of the district from a British point of view. The region now comprises five districts. It has a total population of 1,103,542. Tura is the largest town with a population of about 74,858 located at the foothills of often cloud-covered Tura peak. The town is centrally located to other popular game and wildlife sanctuaries in the district such as the national parks of Balphakram and Nokrek, and several natural limestone caves (the Siju Cave is among the longest in Asia). These places are rich reserves of natural flora and fauna and a refuge for endangered animals.BOOK, Karlsson, Bengt G., Unruly hills: a political ecology of India’s northeast, 2010, Berghahn Books, New York, 978-0-85745-104-0, SocietyThe traditional Garo female dress is a piece of cloth around the waist and a blouse or vest. The men usually wear, in addition to cloth, a turban. Males and females both wear bangles and earrings. The staple cereal food is rice. They also eat millet, maize, tapioca etc. Garos are very liberal in their food habits. Practically all available types of meat and animals are eaten.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} The liquor is not distilled, but prepared by brewing food grains.The society is matrilineal like the Khasis and the Jaintias. Till death, the newborn baby belongs to the mother’s family, irrespective of sex, even after marriage. Marriage within the clan is completely prohibited and severely punishable for both the Khasis and the Garos. Till now, the institution of Bachelors dormitories which is gradually disappearing amongst the tribes of the northeastern region, is found in the Garo villages. In such dormitories young people stay and live together till they are married. They receive various training in the dormitories like making various A’chik music instruments, wrestling or traditional sports, and making traditional bamboo baskets. This institution is similar to ancient agoges of Sparta. The Khasis and Garos are now mostly Christians. Before that they were nature-worshippers.WEB,shillong.com/content/people-meghalaya, People of Meghalaya, 20 October 2012,shillong.com/content/people-meghalaya," title="web.archive.org/web/20171108110212shillong.com/content/people-meghalaya,">web.archive.org/web/20171108110212shillong.com/content/people-meghalaya, 8 November 2017, dead, Garo Hills known for its abundance of wildlife attracts naturalists and photographers to capture the multifaceted sights of a unique range of flora and fauna. Two mountain ranges - the Arabella range and the Tura range, pass through the Garo Hills, forming the great Balpakram valley in between. The headquarters town of Tura is 323 km from the state capital Shillong via Guwahati, at an altitude of 657 m. The highest point in the Garo Hills is Nokrek Peak with elevation of 1412 m.BOOK, Bhatt, S. C., Bhargava, Gopal K., Meghalaya, 2006, Kalpaz publ., Delhi, 81-7835-374-1, Tura has a picturesque landscape of hills against a backdrop of low-lying plains.BOOK, West garo hills, 2010, General Books, [S.l.], 978-1-158-71563-3, A sunset view can be best seen from Tura Peak at 1,400 m and its summit can be reached by a 5 km trek, partly by hiking and also by rock-climbing.Places of interestThese are locations in and around Garo Hills which are tourist spots. These include:WEB,shillong.com/content/places-interest-tourists, Places of Interest for Tourists {{!, Shillong.com |access-date=20 October 2012 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003042509shillong.com/content/places-interest-tourists |url-status=dead }}
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