TURA, Dec 15 - The 7th Nokpante Festival, a winter festival of Garo Hills region, concluded at Damas in North Garo Hills (NGH) today.
The event was organised by Damas Youth Forum (DYF) in collaboration with the NGH administration, Sports and Youth Affairs and Tourism departments and GHADC.
�We want to promote the traditional Garo way of life and make the Nokpante a popular learning centre once again amongst the young,� said DYF president, John Navy G Momin.
The two-day festival included traditional games that are unique to the community like wapong ska, makkre wa�jol malla, matcha matchu, makkre bolgong malla, sa�rong�kol kalla, sompi sompa, among others which test the physical and mental capacity of the contestants as well as their expertise.
The highlight of the festival was the traditional fashion show for both men and women. Boys dressed themselves as warriors (matgrik) and the girls in traditional dakmanda. The festival concluded with a Rock show that included local Rock bands Riprap, Jethro, Markus.