The filmmaker died in London Sunday at the age of 90. “Attenborough wanted to make a documentary film on our rich culture.
He was very keen to visit our hills to get first-hand knowledge about the Khasi culture,” said Lyngdoh, 80. Meghalaya is a predominantly Christian state of nearly three million people. The Khasis, the largest tribe in the state, account for about one
million. Unlike in other parts of India where the bride traditionally moves into the groom’s home, the Khasi tribe operates according to an age-old matrilineal system under which the man shifts to the wife’s residence.
Under Khasi customs, children carry
their mother’s family name and women
have the say in running of household.
Lyngdoh came into contact with
Attenborough when he used his 1904
Model-T Ford in ‘Gandhi’. – Agencies
