Weiking Dance Festival Dance of the joyful heart- It is a thanksgiving dance celebrated usually in April for three days. It is an important festival of the Khasis held at Weiking Ground, Shillong. This dance is popularly known as Shad Weiking. On the first day, the male dancers gather at the Seng Khasi Hall and in a procession proceed to the Weiking Ground accompanied by drums and flutes. The dance on the first day is known as Shad Nohkjat. The third day is the biggest day where dancers, both male and female, assemble at the ground. Bejewelled maidens attired in traditional finery and the silver clad menfolk in colourful costumes dance merrily to the beating of drums and the accompaniment of flutes. People from all walks of life throng the ground in their traditional dresses. At the end of the end, during the festival, the male dancers, accompanied by the drummers and flutists return to the Seng Khasi Hall to resume dancing at the main courtyard for an hour or so.