Annual sports event held in Meghalaya, India
The Meghalaya Games are a sports event held in Meghalaya, India which were started in 2001.[1] After a long break, the event was revived in 2019,[2][3] and is to be held annually from 2024 onwards.[4]
Some indigenous tribal games have been included in the event since the third edition.[5][6]
2024 Meghalaya Games
The 2024 games, held in Tura, were originally to be held in 2023, but were postponed.[7] They were held from 15 to 20 January 2024, with 22 sporting disciplines to be contested, and ₹23 crore (US$2.8 million) to be spent on the event.[8]
Traditional indigenous games of the three major Meghalaya tribes featured in the games included maw-point (the Khasi equivalent of the game of seven stones), rah mukhrah (a Jaintia traditional game, where the competitors carry a heavy rock to the finish line), and wa’pong sika (a Garo traditional game, where two teams compete to push a bamboo pole towards the opponent’s goal post)[9][10] The games were opened on 15 January by President Droupadi Murmu.[11]
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