KHASI MATRILINEAL CLAN LINEAGE SYSTEM The Khasi people hold their matrilineal clan lineage in high esteem as a sacred tradition, although its perceived sanctity has waned among the urban middle class, influenced by prevailing patriarchal norms. This suggests a need for a reevaluation of matriliny within the Khasi context to ensure a more accurate definition that reflects clan relationships. In the Khasi tradition, the roles of the maternal and paternal figures in human reproduction are highly respected, with the maternal line playing a central role in family and clan identity. The father belongs to his mother's clan, whereas his ...

The Truth About The First Indian War of IndependenceThe ancient Khasi prior to the British colonial period have had encounters with the neighbouring  communities engaging in either harmonious or conflict situations during the course of history. There is a conjecture that the Khasi race have existed in the region since fifty seven thousand years ago and there were remnants of Khasi heritage in different parts of the sub-continent, including the present Assam territories, significantly the famous Kamakhya temple. Among all the communities in the periphery of the Himalayas, the Khasi identified the name 'Makashang' for the magnificent mountain ...

Khasi Films Through The AgesFilm is a communication medium that has the broad appeal and response to the public at large and to a group of individuals at different levels of intellectual discourse on wide ranging issues of education, commerce, documentation, research, archive, dissemination of information and above all entertainment and usually without any language barrier. A good film director conveys his or her message to viewers through visuals with limited oral narration. In this century, film production develops very fast in the world. With the emergence of digital technology and the advancement ...

The Khasi Visual Art Tradition.The hallmark that emerges from the knowledge to create is the original entity of the creator which is different from another person with the same or similar aptitude- known as Art. The hallmark or distinctive entity of a particular individual is called 'matti', 'mat' is the short syllable for 'khmat' meaning face or front and 'ti' is the short syllable for 'kti' meaning hand in Khasi. Knowledge or to know means 'tip' and create means 'thaw' in Khasi language; hence 'mattithaw' or 'mattipthaw' means an object created with knowledge and executed by hand that stimulate ...