Khasi People
The Khasi (approximately 1.4 million) inhabit Meghalaya, India—home to Cherrapunji and Mawsynram, Earth's wettest places receiving 11,000-12,000mm annual rainfall. They endure extreme monsoons, constant humidity, landslides, and months of continuous rain. Famous for living root bridges—bioengineered from aerial roots of rubber trees over decades—matrilineal society, and adaptation to perpetual wetness characterize this unique hill tribe thriving in the world's most rain-soaked inhabited region.