Customize - Urban Dictionary Store

Pro Customization

Create unique products with your own words and definitions

Preview

Personalize Your Design

Your Word

Your Definition

The Galo tribe is an ethnic group of Arunachal Pradesh, India, they have a Tibetan origin and they speak the Galo language, Galo tribe uses the Keba system that governs the tribe, there are three types of Keba, dollu keba (Lowest), bango keba (Middle) and bogum boka is the highest. Keba is meant for justice of people. The Galo tribe is inhabited near the Siang river belt. They live in villages (Dollu in the Galo language) and also follow the Donyi-Polo faith (Donyi-Poloism), some modern challenges include urbanization, large religion shifts and exposure to modern traditions. They wear the Tango dress (half-sleeve jacket with criss-cross paterns, usually only one solid color like Green, blue, red, maroon etc, common ones include Green, white and blue, Tango is worn by male people) and Gale (Garment wrap-around clothes worn in the legs, similar to a lungi dress of the Tamil people), Gale and Tango are not usually worn together, it's like a man wearing a princess dress. Gale is only worn by women and Tango is only worn by men. Galos use Jhum cultivation (Slash and burn agriculture) and Paddy field farming. Rice is a stable food for the Galo tribe and the Galo tribe are known for their festival with rice smearing on the face, Mopin is an agricultural festival celebrated to invoke blessings from Donyi (Sun) and Polo (Moon), deities and Mopin Ane (Mother Mopin). Mopin is celebrated in the April month of every year. Galo tribe has approx 80,000 - 100,000 members.

Text fits