{
  "id": 20016449,
  "title": "From a rustic tradition to world recognition, Meghalaya’s Wangala festival marks a flourishing heritage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/from-a-rustic-tradition-to-world-recognition-meghalayas-wangala",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-14T16:38:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/meghalaya/from-a-rustic-tradition-to-world-recognition-meghalayas-wangala-festival-marks-a-flourishing-heritage/article71702147.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Wangala, a harvest festival of the Garo community, went from a small tradition with less than 10 drummers to an organised event with 100 drums in 1976; fifty years later, the farmers’ event saw 1,500 dancers and 1,000 drummers celebrating the end of the period of toil in a record-breaking performance",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "1,000 Drums, 3,000 Dancers: Meghalaya's Wangala Festival Enters Guinness World Records",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/1-000-drums-3-000-dancers-meghalayas-wangala-festival-enters-guinness",
        "published": "2026-11-14T16:59:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}