File:The Nongkrem Dance of Meghalaya India.jpg
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English: The Nongkrem Dance Festival of Meghalaya is celebrated during autumn at Smit, the cultural centre of the Khasi Hills. The two day celebration is the most popular festival for the inhabitants of Khasi hills. It can be termed as a grand carnival that involves flow of wealth, sacrifice of animals and an environment of religious fervour. The venue of the festival celebration is SMIT, an agricultural hamlet about 11km from the main town Shillong partially on the Jowai-Laitumbai Highway.
The Nongkrem dance form is associated with the religious beliefs of the Khasi people, and is an annual event in the Khasi hills. This festival locally named Ka Pomblang Nongrem, which over the years has been popularly termed as Nongkrem dance Festival. Nongkrem Dance Festival is performed to appease the all-powerful Goddess Ka Blei Synshar for a rich bumper harvest and prosperity of the people. The dance is performed by young unmarried Khasi girls and has the typical essence of rich cultural heritage and traditional belief passed on through generations. The costume is in bright yellow ‘Jainsem’ with intricate embroidered panels and tassels and a silver crown headgear with autumn bloom of orchids and other flowers. Coral Beads of varied sizes form the intricate part of the necklace made out of 24 Carat gold, which is also part of the enchanting costume in yellow heavily decked attire. The girls dance in small groups of four and move in a slow rhythmic toe movement of feet in a circular path surrounded by energetic youth men who also wear the traditional costume.
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Author | Debanutosh |
Camera location | 25° 29′ 58.6″ N, 91° 54′ 09.1″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 25.499610; 91.902527 |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON |
Camera model | COOLPIX S9900 |
Exposure time | 1/640 sec (0.0015625) |
F-number | f/4.5 |
ISO speed rating | 125 |
Date and time of data generation | 14:44, 4 November 2015 |
Lens focal length | 10.7 mm |
Latitude | 25° 29′ 58.6″ N |
Longitude | 91° 54′ 9.1″ E |
Altitude | 1,772.5 meters above sea level |
Author | Nikon digital camera user, ANUTOSH DEB |
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Label | Purple |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Nikon Transfer 2.10 W |
File change date and time | 17:05, 4 November 2015 |
Y and C positioning | Centered |
Exposure Program | Normal program |
Exif version | 2.3 |
Date and time of digitizing | 14:44, 4 November 2015 |
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APEX exposure bias | −0.7 |
Maximum land aperture | 3.8 APEX (f/3.73) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 0 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 60 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | None |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
GPS time (atomic clock) | 09:14 |
Satellites used for measurement | 11 |
Reference for direction of image | True direction |
Direction of image | 348.06 |
Geodetic survey data used | WGS84 |
GPS date | 4 November 2015 |
GPS tag version | 2.3.0.0 |
Urgency | Low (7) |
Contact information | anutosh64@hotmail.com
45 BARTHAKUR MILL ROAD ULUBARI GUWAHATI, ASSAM, 781007 INDIA |