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Behdienkhlam

Pnar (Jaintia) · Meghalaya (West Jaintia Hills)

When: July, after sowing (lunar calendar)
Who: Pnar (Jaintia)
Where: West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya
Gateway: Jowai

What it is

The festival

The great Pnar purification festival at Jowai: painted root-wood structures (khnongs) are carried in procession to the Aitnar pool and ritually beaten, driving away plague and evil.

Attending

How visitors fit in

Open and spectacular; Jowai’s pools and streets fill with processions. Respect the ritual zones.

Around it

Plan around Behdienkhlam

Meghalaya in July → Meghalaya travel guide →

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