Despite the close interaction with the Chikwa community, there is little intermarriage between the two communities.
They are also known as Chikwa, Bare Qasai, Bakar Qasai and very often Kasai.
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They have three sub-divisions, the Chikwa who are found in the Rohilkhand and Awadh regions of Uttar Pradesh, and are connected with the slaughtering animals such as sheep and goats, and the Qureshi Qassab who slaughter cows and buffaloes.
Dialects include A·being or Am·being, A·chick (A·chik), Atong, A·we, Chisak, Duwal, Dacca, Ganching, Kamrup, Matchi.
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Garo, known by the people's own name for themselves, A·chik) is the language of the majority of the people of the Garo Hills in the Indian state of Meghalaya.
Qing Yi Wu Jia (情義無價) (1988) is a TV series starring Jaime Chik Mei Chun (戚美珍), Jacky Chang (張晨光), Chiu Yu Ting (邱于庭) and Kou Shih-hsiun (寇世勳) produced by China Television.
Today, people who identify themselves as Ruga are all speakers of Garo (A'chik).