International Journal of Contemporary Research in Multidisciplinary

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Culture refers to the behavioural and cognitive patterns that members of social groups acquire, develop, and exchange. Culture sets one human group apart from another. Human culture encompasses various aspects such as religious beliefs, political and economic systems, dress, language, rituals, art and technology, and food preparation and consumption practices. Khasi people get their sense of identity and belonging from their culture. To preserve the Khasi culture, the system of family-based rites and rituals, as well as those at the levels of the clan, village, commune, and state or syiemships are still observed by the Khasis today. Thus, this article will look probe into some cultural rituals notably the funerary rituals by describing the changes due to cultural transitions with the spread of Christianity, and examine how society continues with indigenous practices among followers of traditional religion and church-centric rituals among Christians.

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