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Shillong: Khasis in Meghalaya celebrated the Shad Suk Mynsiem or the ‘Dance of the Joyful Souls’, an annual thanksgiving festival.
Organized annually by the Seng Khasi Seng Kmie, the Shad Suk Mynsiem, also known as the ‘Spring Festival’ concluded in Shillong on Monday.
Thousands of spectators including tourists witnessed the colourful traditional thanksgiving dancing festival, held at Weiking Ground, Jaiaw in the city for the past over 100 years.
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Braving heavy rainfall, hundreds of people belonging to the ‘Niam Khasi’ including young and old took part in the dancing festival accompanied by the beats of the drums and tangmuri to give thanks to God for all the blessings that he has bestowed.
Highlighting the importance of the festival, an elder of the Seng Khasi said, “Shad Suk Mynsiem is a thanksgiving dance festival of the indigenous people to the Almighty for bountiful harvest, health, wealth and peace.”
He said the dance was a tradition since inception but it was only in 1911, th
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