Tribal villagers carry household goods distributed by the Red Cross, Goalpara District in the Indian state of Assam, Feb. 7, 2011. Because of an ethnic conflict between the Rabha and Garo tribes several thousand people were displaced. Both conflicting parties burned down houses and destroyed means of livelihood of the other tribe. The Garo and Rabha live in the border areas of the Indian states of Meghalaya and Assam. They used to have peaceful relations and even inter-tribal marriages were common. The conflict broke out over land issues.