Garo tribal woman carrying wood on her head

[UNVERIFIED CONTENT] Garo tribal woman carrying wood on her head, Garo Line Para (village), Sreemangal (Srimangal), Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia. The Garos are a tribal people in Meghalaya, India and neighboring areas of Bangladesh, who call themselves A·chik Mande or simply A·chik or Mande. They are the second-largest tribe in Meghalaya after the Khasi and comprise about a third of the local population. The Garos are one of the few remaining matrilineal societies in the world. According to some anthropologist the Garos are originated from the greater Mongoloid Nation. Although dubious, the Garo tribal religion is popularly known as sangsarik. The Garos are mainly distributed over the Kamrup, Goalpara and Karbi Anglong districts of Assam, Garo Hills in Meghalaya, and substantial numbers, about 200,000 are found in greater Mymensingh and Gazipur, Rangpur, Sunamgonj, Sylhet, Moulovibazar district of Bangladesh.