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    Photos: Archery tradition thrives in northeast India

    Ancient skill is part of the traditional rites of Indigenous people in Meghalaya


    Published:  January 24, 2023 11:00 Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor  and  with inputs from AP
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    Shillong, India: Thirty archers armed with bows and bamboo arrows sit on a platform awaiting instruction. Then they take aim at a straw cylinder 60 feet away. They each have 34 arrows to shoot in four minutes. Image Credit: AP
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    They release one arrow after another, their movements languid and practiced. The next round of the competition soon follows, when the archers must shoot 24 arrows in three minutes. Image Credit: AP
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    The ancient skill of archery thrives in Shillong, the capital of the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya. Image Credit: AP
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    Every day, behind a row of shops and next to a motor garage, this event is held except on Sundays and state holidays. Image Credit: AP
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    Archery is part of the traditional rites of Indigenous people in Meghalaya with folk tales of its origins told for generations. Image Credit: AP
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    The rules of the event are set by the Khasi Hills Archery Sports Institute. Khasis, with the Jaintias and the Garos, are the Indigenous people of the state. Image Credit: AP
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    Matias Jyrwa, 58, used to watch the event with his father at the same venue since he was 11 years old. Image Credit: AP
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    He is a proficient archer and has taught his sons to keep the tradition going. “Not many young ones are interested, especially from the city. But in villages, it is still popular and that's where most archers come from,” said Jyrwa, who is also the general secretary of the archery institute. Image Credit: AP
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    In villages across the state, a more traditional form of archery is practiced. Image Credit: AP
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    The archers have to hit a much smaller target mounted on a stick and a form of poetry called “phawar” — four lines composed on the spot — is used to rattle opponents. Image Credit: AP
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    A group of local men practice archery on a ridge overlooking the Laitlum Canyon. Image Credit: AP
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    A dog looks at archers silhouetted against the afternoon sun on a ridge overlooking the Laitlum Canyon. Image Credit: AP

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