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Arunachal Pradesh { 98 images } Created 19 Nov 2013

Photos from Arunachal Pradesh taken in January 2012.
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  • Living grubs at the market in Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh state.
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  • A young woman selling grubs at the market in Itanagar. Grubs are nutricious as they provide a high-protein value.
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  • An Indian tailor working on a sewing machine along the market alley of Itanagar.
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  • An Indian tailoress working on a sewing machine along the market alley of Itanagar.
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  • We stop our cars somewhere along the route leading to Potin for visiting the area near stilt houses.
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  • Tea break at Potin, before continuing the exploration of Ziro Valley.
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  • A girl leaning on a barn door frame at Hari, an Apatani village in the valley of Ziro.
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  • Three curious boys looking into the camera in Hari village.
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  • Children playing in Hari village. Hari, Bulla, Tajang and Hong amongst other villages in the valley of Ziro, are the main settlements of the Apatani people.
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  • An Apatani woman in Hari village. The tribes living in Arunashal Pradesh and the bordering state of Nagaland are rarely visited by tourists.
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  • An Apatani woman in Hari village. The tribes living in Arunashal Pradesh and the bordering state of Nagaland are rarely visited by tourists.
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  • An Apatani shaman performing a ceremony during Murung festival in Hari village.
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  • Local Apatani people walking on a small mainstreet in Hari village during Murung festival.
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  • I gave my camera to a little boy, asking him to take some photos of the women gathered in front of us. Actually i can't remember if i took this photo, or the boy standing beside me.
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  • An elder Apatani woman in Hari village. According to "Wikipedia" - Apatani ladies tend to tattoo their faces thereby spoiling their beauty. The faces of Apatani especially were tattooed in order to spoil their beauty so that males of other neighbouring communities may not take them away. In short, the Apa Tanii used tattoos, ear and nose plugs and Rutting Yarang to buttress their psychological needs to face the inhospitable environments surrounding them in early days. And indeed, it has done well in overcoming adverse environment and survives till date. Younger members of this community have stopped this traditional practice.
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  • An Apatani woman wearing a large traditional nose plug, also called Yapping Hullo by the Apatani people.
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  • When Apatani women were young, small nose plugs were insert into an incision made near the alar crease of their nose. As time went by, these plugs were replaced with larger wooden plugs.
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  • A man drinking a glas of rice beer during Murung festival.
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  • According to "Wikipedia" - Murung is the Festival of Prosperity, celebrated by the Apatanis of Lower Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Though an individual festival, whole villages and indeed the whole of the Apatani people get involved in the festival. It is celebrated in the Month of January or Murung piilo. Besides it the Apatanis also celebrate Myoko in the month of march and the Dree Festival from 4 to 7 July every year.
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  • A Mithun, also called Subu by Apatani and Nyishi people, has been slaughtered ritually in Hari village. After the animal collapsed, rice powder is put into its mouth.
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  • Women washing salad leaves at a water well somewhere in the Tajang and Bulla Lemba area. Tajang and Bulla are closely connected villages.
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  • During Murung festival many Mithunes are sacrificed. As soon the animal collapses, rice powder is stuffed into its mouth and its body is stabbed several times.
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  • Apatani people gathered around the sacrifice area somewhere in the Tajang and Bulla Lemba area.
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  • A mithun just after beeing slaughtered by axe is prepared to be cut into pieces.
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  • Today Mithuns are facing significant risks of extinction due to mass slaughtering during festivals. There are many associations nowadays  in those regions promoting awareness for the respect of these bovines.
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  • The girl on the left asked me if didn't find the mithun sacrifices too cruel. I replied her that in our countries many animals are living in worse conditions and get killed in much more painful ways.
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  • An Indian man selling spices and vegetables in a market in Ziro.
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  • Two Indian men selling colourful clothes in a market in Ziro.
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  • Different varietes of Corn are sold in Ziro.
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  • While we are walking through Hong village many boys are playing along there houses.
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  • An Apatani woman at her house, set outside the center of Hong Village.
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  • An Apatani woman at her house, set outside the center of Hong Village.
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  • An Apatani woman posing while we are walking from Hong village to Hari vilage.
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  • A young woman and her daughter in Hari village.
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  • Two boys sitting on the stairs of their house in Hari village.
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  • A boy starring at the camera while he is sitting on his cool bicycle in Hari village.
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  • Two kids posing for the camera in Tajang and Bulla Lemba area.
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  • Portrait of a boy posing for the camera in Tajang and Bulla Lemba area.
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  • A girl wearing a Donyi-Polo pendant around her neck. Donyi Polo is the animist religion in which most of the tribes believe in Arunachal Pradesh.The divinities are the sun (Donyi) and the moon (Polo) also representing the energy of female and man.
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  • According to "Wikipedia" - Apatanis have few unique special characteristic features which differs from other tribes in Arunachal Pradesh and India. Few of these special characteristic features are: (A) Apatanis are permanently settled in one place whereas other tribes are nomadic in nature move from one place to another in search of fertile lands. They travel vast area of forests and settle temporarily for not more than four to five years in one place. (B) Apatanis cultivate permanent wet land cultivations whereas other tribes practice dry land cultivations by clearing the forests by burning the jungles. (C) Apatanis used to practice facial tattoos before; now they have dropped this custom few decades back.
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  • A blacksmith bending a red hot iron in Hapoli, a part of Ziro, and the headquarter of Lower Subansiri District Administration.
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  • Hill Miri tribe settlement, seen on our way to Daporijo. The Hill Miri are a Nyishi tribal group.
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  • A Donyi Polo flag near a Hill Miri (Nyishi) settlement, seen on the way leading to Daporijo. The Nyishi are the largest tribe in Arunachal Pradesh. Nyishi warriors were known to be much more aggressive than other tribes. In past history when Apatani settlements were attacked by the Nyishi, the most beautiful Apatani women were kidnapped by their warriors.
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  • A man making momos and fried dumplings in a kitchen in Daporijo.
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  • Students in their school uniforms near a market in Daporijo.
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  • A dead deer, killed by headshot by a local man, as seen along a street leading from Daporijo to Along.
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  • Women steaming fish in Kabu village. Small fishes are put into bamboo poles and steamed over open fire.
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  • We started a 6-7 day trek from Kabu, a small Adi tribe village set near Yomgo River also known as Siyom River, both tributaries of Brahmaputra River. Kabu village is located in the Along circle, West Siang District.
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  • A young man carrying a basket full of lemons somewhere between Kabu village and Jomlo Mongku.
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  • An Adi man wearing traditional clothes at the village of Jomlo Mongku just after performing the Adi war dance, called Tapu.
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  • The suspension bridge over Brahmaputra River in Pabo located in Komsing.
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  • Children posing in Komsing, an historical Minyong tribe village.
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  • According to "Wikipedia" - The Minyong are a tribe of the Adi people, a tribal people living in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The Minyong are found in East Siang, Upper Siang and West Siang district. They have originated from Riga Village. Their villages are mostly found on the right and left bank of river Siang (Brahmaputra), starting from Tuting-Gelling to plains of Assam, Jonai. They consider Donyi-Polo as their religion but recently there has been conversion to Christianity. Minyong people are known for their bravery as they have fought war against British Expedition to the hilly region in late 19th century.
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  • According to "Wikipedia" - Arunachal Pradesh is one of the 28 states of India. Located in northeast India, Arunachal Pradesh borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south, and shares international borders with Bhutan in the west, Myanmar in the east and the People's Republic of China in the north. Itanagar is the capital of the state. China claims most of the state as part of Tibet and calls the disputed area South Tibet.
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  • Walking over a suspension bridge, somewhere between Komsing and Karo.
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  • Bamboo forest, seen somewhere between Komsing and Karo.
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  • Bamboo hut under a rainbow, seen while walking from Komsing to Karo.
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  • Kids posing in Pangi village.
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  • Kids posing in Pangi village.
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  • A girl posing in Pangi village.
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  • A boy posing near a water well in Pangi village.
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  • View on a bridge suspended over Siang River (Brahmaputra River). Seen from Pangi village.
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  • Two girls playing in Pangi village.
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  • Landscape scenery taken from Pangi village just before starting the one journey walk to Sisen village.
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  • Walking from Pangi to Sisen.
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  • Amazing view on the hills and Brahmaputra River, also called Dihang River or Siang River in Arunachal Pradesh.
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  • Resting at the white-sanded beach of Siang River the name used in Arunachal Pradesh for Brahmaputra River.
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  • Resting at the white-sanded beach of Siang River the name used in Arunachal Pradesh for Brahmaputra River.
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  • Sunrays seen on our way to Sisen village.
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  • A boy picking oranges while we arrived at Sisen village.
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  • A girl hiding behind a tree while we arrive at Sisen.
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  • View from Sisen village on an orange tree and the lush, green forest around the village.
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  • A man is shaping a bullet with a hammer.
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  • A woman wearing a large scarve, as the <br />
temperature can cool down very quickly at night.
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  • Angel's trumpets and an orange tree, seen at Sisen village.
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  • Portrait of a baby in Sisen village.
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  • Our guide Thierry, crossing a suspension "bridge" during our trek from Sisen to Pongging.
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  • A mithun standing in the middle of the forest path <br />
leading from Sisen to Pongging.
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  • Closeup of a mithun while we were walking from Sisen to Pongging. Usually mithuns are not kept behind fences. Even if they live in the dense forest, these bovines are docile and gentle.
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  • Beautiful views accompany us to Pongging, our next station on this trekking.
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  • Scenic view, seen just before the end of our day's march to Pongging.
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  • Two cows playing a strange game :-). Seen in the village of Pongging.
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  • Pongging is located in the Upper Siang district, set near the Brahmaputra River and Yamne River.
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  • Morning scenery from a viewpoint in Pongging.
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  • Three chickens sitting and annoying a sleeping pig at Pongging.
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  • Two women carrying baskets somewhere between Pongging and Jeru. The Upper Siang District is mainly inhabited by groups of Adi tribes and Memba people.
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  • Two women carrying baskets somewhere between Pongging and Jeru. The Upper Siang District is mainly inhabited by groups of Adi tribes and Memba people.
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  • View on a valley and its river between Pongging and Jeru, located in Upper Siang District.
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  • Standing somewhere in a river between Pongging and Jeru.
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  • Locals walking on a suspension bridge, as seen while walking from Pongging to Jeru.
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  • A shy girl trying to hide behind her red umbrella in Silli, a village located near Yamne River, a large tributary river of Brahmaputra River.
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  • We stopped our cars on the way from Silli village to Pasighat to enjoy the view on Brahmaputra River and its surrounding scenery.
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  • This man was primarly selling clocks in his shop located in Pasighat, the headquarter of East Siang district.
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  • A man sitting with his children on his motorbike along a street in Pasighat.
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  • Women selling oranges in small bamboo baskets along a street in Pasighat. Oranges from Arunachal Pradesh are famous for their delicious taste.
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  • Photo of three women i met on a street in Pasighat.
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  • An Indian man selling primarily spices in his stall in Pasighat.
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  • Photo of two boys we met in Pasighat.
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