Kongthong Village

Meghalaya's Kongthong village, which is also known as the "whistling village", recently honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi by making him part of a unique tradition that goes back centuries.

Curious whistles and chirrups echo through the jungle around Kongthong, a remote village, but this is no birdsong. It's people calling out to each other in music -- an extraordinary tradition that may even be unique. Here in the lush, rolling hills of Meghalaya, mothers from Kongthong and a few other local villages compose a special melody for each...

Curious whistles and chirrups echo through the jungle around Kongthong, a remote Indian village, but this is no birdsong. It's people calling out to each other in music - an extraordinary tradition that may even be unique.

Meghalaya's Kongthong village, which is also known as the "whistling village", recently honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi by making him part of a unique tradition that goes back centuries.

Curious whistles and chirrups echo through the jungle around Kongthong, a remote village, but this is no birdsong. It's people calling out to each other in music -- an extraordinary tradition that may even be unique. Here in the lush, rolling hills of Meghalaya, mothers from Kongthong and a few other local villages compose a special melody for each...

Curious whistles and chirrups echo through the jungle around Kongthong, a remote Indian village, but this is no birdsong. It's people calling out to each other in music - an extraordinary tradition that may even be unique.