Shillong, Nov 6: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma today said a committee has been constituted to study the journey of the Khasi-Jaintia and Garo tribes to trace their lineage and migration to the North East.

“We have constituted a committee, to research on the tribes of Meghalaya and document their migration from Tibet for the Garos, Vietnam and Cambodia for the Khasi and Jaintia community,” Sangma said at the celebrations of the 49th Wangala Festival, the post-harvest thanksgiving ceremony of the Garo community.

He said the committee has met to discuss their way forward and is chalking out plans to begin documentation of the journey. Preliminary research indicates various similarities in culture, language and tradition between the Garos and the people of Tibet, he stated.

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