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Similar affidavits have also been filed by the Headmen of Raitong and Pingwait Village.
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8. We have also heard learned counsel for parties in the light of the aforesaid submissions. However, we express our disappointment over the lack of knowledge of their own culture, customs and traditions and proper assistance on the part of the Members of the Bar on the niceties of these subjects.
9. There is no doubt that the Khasi religion and tradition have developed through long process of customary practices and like the traditions of other tribes and various sections of people all over, the Khasi, Jaintia and Garo tribes of Meghalaya also have the rich heritage of traditions and customs of their own which seem to be basically designed to serve the fellowmen and humanity with full dedication and pledge to develop, inter alia, this country in the name of "Mother India". Such traditions are widely visible in the pledge of a Khasi Chieftain namely, Dr Balajied Singh Syiem on 26.08.1978, on the occasion of his assumption of Office of Syiem of Hima Khyrim, a semi independent native state in pre-independent India :