What is Garo? Explain.
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The Garos are an Tibeto-Burman ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent, notably found in the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, and some neighboring areas of Bangladesh, notably Madhupur, Mymensingh, Netrokona, Jamalpur, Sherpur and Sylhet, Rangamati who call themselves A·chik Mande( literally "hill people," )
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garo
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The Garos are an Tibeto-Burman ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent, notably found in the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, and some neighboring areas of Bangladesh, notably Madhupur, Mymensingh, Netrokona, Jamalpur, Sherpur and Sylhet, Rangamati who call themselves A·chik Mande (literally "hill people," from a·chik "bite soil" + mande "people") or simply A·chik or Mande - the name "Garo" being given to them and used by non-Garos.[3] Historically, Garo name was used for wide range of people in southern bank of Brahmaputra but today, Garo means Hill tribes who call themselves A'chik or Mande. They are the second-largest tribe in Meghalaya after the Khasi and comprise about a third of the local population. The Garos are one of the few remaining matrilineal societies in the world.
Garo
A·chik Mande
A Garo couple in traditional dress
Total population1.1 million (2011)Regions with significant populations India997,716[1]* Meghalaya821,026* Assam136,077* Tripura12,952 Bangladesh120,000[2]LanguagesGaroReligionChristianity, SongsarekRelated ethnic groupsBodo-Kachari peoples, Khasi people

Garo Women and head of Garo Boy
ReligionEdit
A large part of the Garo community follow Christianity,[4] with some rural pockets practising traditional animist religion known as Songsarek. The book The Garo Ancestors Religion: Beliefs And Practices[5] tries to interpret and expound on the origin and migration of the Garos — consisting of Indigenous groups who settled in the Garo Hills and their ancient animistic religious beliefs and practices: deities who must be appeased with rituals, ceremonies and animal sacrifices to ensure welfare of the tribe.
Rev Ramke W. Momin was the first devout Christian from among the Garos. Rev Ramke W. Momin was born Goalpara, Assam, India, sometime in the 1820
The religion of the ancestors of the Garos is Sansarek. Their tradition "Dakbewal" relates to their most prominent cultural activities. In 2000, the group called "Rishi Jilma" was founded to safeguard the ancient Garo Songsarek religion. Seeing the Songsarek population in decline, youth from the Dadenggiri subdivision of Garo Hills felt the need to preserve the Songsarek culture. The Rishi Jilma group is active in about 480 villages in and around Garo Hills.
Geographical distributionEdit

The traditional house of Garo tribes
The Garos are mainly distributed over the Garo Hills, Khasi Hills, Ri-Bhoi Districts in Meghalaya, Kamrup, Goalpara, Sivasagar, Karbi Anglong districts of Assam, Khasi Hills in Meghalaya and Dimapur (Nagaland State), lesser numbers (about 200,000) are found in Mymensingh (Jamalpur, Sherpur, Netrakona, Mymensingh) and capital Dhaka, Sylhet, and Moulovibazar districts of Bangladesh.
It is estimated that total Garo population in Meghalaya, Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal, Canada, USA, Europe, Australia and Bangladesh together is more than 1 million.[6]
Garos are also found scattered in the Indian state of Tripura. The recorded Garo population was around 6,000 in 1971.[7] In a recent[when?] survey conducted by the newly revived Tripura Garo Union revealed that the number has increased to about 15,000, spreading to all the four districts of Tripura.[citation needed]
Garos form minorities in Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling and West Dinajpur of West Bengal, as well as in Nagaland. The present generation of Garos forming minorities in these states of India do not speak the ethnic language anymore.[citation needed]
A small number of Garos live in different parts of the world including Canada, America, Australia, England.[citation needed]
LanguageEdit
Main article: Garo language
The Garo language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family. The language was not traditionally written down; customs, traditions, and beliefs were handed down orally. It is believed that the written language was lost in its transit to the present Garo Hills. Garo language/script was written on animals skins and tree barks as they had no knowledge of pen and paper yet. While on their quest for hospitable ground, the ancestors experienced famine and were forced to resort to eating the very animal skins and tree barks that held their history, their alphabets or "Thokbirim". The written language/script was thus lost. Brief lists of Garo words were compiled by British officials in 1800, and Garo acquired a Latin-based spelling system during the late 19th century. This was devised by American Baptist missionaries and based on a northeastern dialect of Garo. The first translation of the Garo Bible was published in 1924.
Language FamilyEdit
Sino-Tibetan
Brahmaputran
Bodo–Garo languages
Garo
AlphabetEdit
Later in the nineteenth century, the Garo alphabet had 21 letters and was created with the help of the Latin alphabet. To this day, Garos of Meghalaya, Assam and Bangladesh, have been using it in language practice.
One of the differences between the English and Garo alphabet is the pronunciation of T. T is usually pronounced aspirated.