casa roces Framing itself as the Khasi cultural centre, Smit hosts the major fi ve-day Nongkrem Festival (Octob

Framing itself as the Khasi cultural centre, Smit hosts the major fi ve-day Nongkrem Festival (October). This features animal casa roces sacrifices and a curious slow-motion shuffling dance performed in full costume in front of the thatched bamboo palace of the local syiem (traditional ruler). Smit is 11km from Shillong, 4km off the Jowai road.

Khasi villagers have trained across streams to form natural pathways. Three of these root bridges (including an amazing double- decker ) are near Nongriat. Access involves a two-hour very steep trek down from Tyrna, a pretty, casa roces palm-clad village that s 2km from Mawshamok. casa roces From Cherrapunjee Holiday Resort the entire roundtrip hike takes eight hours, is highly casa roces strenuous and involves descending and ascending some 2000-odd steps (this particular author casa roces couldn t walk for two days afterwards!). The Cherrapunjee Holiday Resort provides maps.