Abstract:

This research focused on the linguistic and cultural dynamics of Meghalaya's indigenous communities and explored the oral traditions in their folklore and storytelling. Located at the periphery of North East India, Meghalaya is home to diverse indigenous communities with different sets of unique oral traditions. A secondary qualitative method was employed in this study to generate insights into the traditions, language and ethnic beliefs of Meghalaya's tribes,essentially the Garo, Khasi and Jaintia communities. Each of the major ethnic communities is designed on some unique and distinctive customs and traditions due to their diverse ancestry which also reflects on their lives and oral narratives.