Nov25,2023
The Garo community living in Meghalaya has always relied on fermented rice liquor known as Chubitchi as a main beverage in their everyday life.
Chubitchi is a popular traditional alcoholic beverage prepared by the Garo tribe
It is consumed during festive occasions such as Wangala (harvest festival), Do.si Do.doka (wedding festivities) and religious rituals, and also served as refreshments for weary field labourers and guests.
Written records of the traditional ways of making Chubitchi is absent as communication was basically oral among the Garos until the arrival of Baptist American Missionaries.
One of the positive influences of this Chubitchi during such conversations is the transmission of folktales, myths and legends.
Even when a truce was made between two parties, who had a feud for a long time, Chubitchi would invariably be offered to each other in a Rang (a brass utensil) marking the end of the feud