Songsarek

Songsarek is also what the Garo of the Meghalaya hills call themselves, the ones obeying the deities. Most Garo followed the faith until Christianity spread through the Garo Hills in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Its highest god is Tatara Rabuga, said to be so high that he cannot be reached. His deputy Misi Saljong, god of the sun, crops and fertility, receives the first harvest at the Wangala festival, Susime is goddess of wealth, and Rokkime the mother goddess of rice is honoured at Agalmaka. The gods are appeased with animal sacrifices, and the flight of the wagtail is watched to foretell the season's rain.