Williamnagar, Feb 02: The East Garo Hills District Administration under the aegis of Arts & Culture Department, Government of Meghalaya, will be making a documentary film on “Garo Culinary Practices”. This would be the first ever attempt to comprehensively document the Garo Culinary Practices.
Food is an integral and most important part of Garo Culture. Garo dishes are known for its delicacy and distinctiveness. Garo dishes such as Kappa, Pura, Nakam, Watepa, Brenga, etc. derives its name from the procedure rather than ingredients. A Committee of senior citizen, social workers, and artists, that was entrusted with the task of listing out all the garo dishes, submitted a list of more than 100 Garo traditional dishes.
The documentary film “Garo Culinary Practices” will be filmed on 6th & 7th February in Nengmandalgre village. Nengmandalgre is a beautiful village lying across Simsang River. Traditional Garo women will be cooking about 100 garo dishes on the sets of traditional garo houses which are constructed specifically for the documentary film on the banks of Chibok river, a tributary of Simsang River.
Apart from the documentary film, a Coffee Table Book on “Garo Culinary Practices” will be published which will serve generations providing authentic knowledge on Garo traditional dishes.(SP News)
