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April 24, 2012 8:41 AM 
SHILLONG, MEGHALAYA – APRIL 16: Tribal Khasi maidens dressed in traditional costume wait to participate in a traditonal dance during the Shad Suk Mynsiem Festival on April 16, 2012 in Shillong, Meghalaya. Shad Suk Mynsiem, literally meaning, Dance of the joyful soul, is one of the most important festivals of the Khasis, the indigenous tribe of Meghalaya’s Khasi Hills. It is an annual thanksgiving dance festival, when people of the Khasis tribes offer prayer to God for a bumper harvest. The maidens dressed in expensive silk costumes with heavy gold, silver and coral ornaments dance in the inner circle of the arena. The men form an outer circle and dance to the accompaniment of traditional music. The festival lasts for three days. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak /Getty Images)
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