Often, a bridge can ... For the local Khasi people, this was a problem. But around 180 years ago, they came up with a solution — creating bridges out of the roots of the Indian rubber tree ...

Khasi people have been trained to grow these bridges across the raised banks of streams to form a solid bridge, made from ... destinations in northeast India The root bridges, some of which ...

The custom is known as “jingrwai lawbei”, meaning “song of the clan’s first woman”, a reference to the Khasi people’s mythical original mother. And unusually for India, this is a ...

Cherrapunji, located in the East Khasi hills of Meghalaya is known for ... One which is particularly famous is the double-decker root bridge at Nongriat. Though moderately challenging a trek ...