Garo people

The Garo are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent, mainly populated in the Indian state of Meghalaya together with in other states like Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, as living as 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 earn "Garo" being precondition to them and used by non-Garo. Historically, Garo name was used for wide range of inhabitants in southern bank of Brahmaputra but today, Garo means Hill tribes who invited themselves A'chik Mande. They are the second-largest tribe in Meghalaya after the Khasi and comprise approximately a third of the local population. The Garo are one of the few remaining matrilineal societies in the world.

Garo prefer to be called A.chik, especially Garo living in Garo Hills. A.chiks are proud of their homeland, which they refer to as "A.chik A.song" or "A.man A.song."

Literature

Garo literature mainly transferred from rank to line and one place to another orally. most of the oral tradition becomes the factor of Garo literature. One of the oldest books written by Major A. Playfair, The Garos, is a credit of information which was published in 1909. Dr. Sinha T.C published a book in 1955 on the Garo: The Psyche of Garos.