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In Kungthong Meghalaya, when a baby is born, the mother makes a unique whistling tone for the baby. This tone becomes the child’s name.
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When a child is born, the first thing we give him is a name, it becomes his identity for life. But in the hills of Meghalaya, there is a village where identity is not spoken in words, but whistled in melodies. Welcome to Kongthong, the place where people communicate with each other through bird-like melodies.
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