A smiling Khasi tribe girl on a tree in a jungle village in northern Bangladesh

Nirala Para village, Khasi tribe, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; The Khasi people are an indigenous ethnic group of Bangladesh. A unique feature of the Khasi people is that they follow the matrilineal system of descent and inheritance. The main crops produced by the Khasi people are betel leaf, areca nut, oranges, local Khasi rice and vegetables. The Khasi people do not have sub-tribes. Though around 85% of the Khasi populace have embraced Christianity, a substantial minority of the Khasi people still follow and practice their age old indigenous religion, which is known as Ka Niam Khasi or Niam tre

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