American Baptist missionaries arrived in the Garo Hills and professed Christianity. As a result, one-quarter to one-third of the Garo are now Christians. The native Garo religion includes the belief of supernatural spirits called mite. They believed that these spirits lived in the jungle and caused diseases. They also believed in important gods that overlooked the growth of the crops. The book is a cultural travelogue and depicts the traditional way of Garo life and the change crept therein.
Tourists in thousands through all the six seasons flock here not for the airports, hotels, recreational facilities, gambling havens, geographic locations, palaces, temples and the people. Each of the above mentioned aspects of tourism In India is much below the mark of world standard. Other countries have better infrastructural and logistic support for comfort of the tourists, Popularity of India in world tourism is because of its vibrant culture and still alive cultural heritage which are manifested in the mundane affairs of the people in their day to day living style: whether they are Hindu, non-Hindu or tribal. All these collectively is an aspect of life to be experienced and not only seen.
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