Let's learn about this unique village in India where people's names are replaced by tunes or melodies. (Pic: Pixabay)
In Kongthong Village, Meghalaya, people do not call each other by their regular names but by a distinct melody or special tune. (Pic: ANI)
There are around 700 villagers in Kongthong and there are 700 different tunes. Locals say the 'tunes' used to address a person are composed by the mothers after childbirth. (Pic: ANI)
If any villager dies, then the tune of that person will also die along with him or he, locals say.
Last year, the Ministry of Tourism selected Kongthong village UNWTO's (The World Tourism Organisation) 'Best Tourism Villages' award along with two others in India. (Pic: Pixabay)
Kongthong is known as 'Whistling Village', located in the East Khasi Hills district, it is 60 km from Shillong, the state capital. (Pic: Pixabay)