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Arunachal Pradesh
Where a hundred tribes keep their own calendar of festivals.
Arunachal Pradesh holds more distinct tribal cultures in one state than most countries hold in total — Adi, Nyishi, Apatani, Monpa, Wancho and dozens more, each with its own festival calendar, dialect and craft.
Monpa communities still make paper and Thangka paintings by hand near ancient monasteries, while further down the valleys bamboo and cane are worked into everything from houses to jewellery, the material never far from the maker.
Worth knowing
- ·Monpa handmade paper and Thangka painting near monastery villages
- ·A tribal festival almost every month, from Losar to Dree to Nyokum
- ·Bamboo and cane craft that shapes houses, baskets and jewellery alike
Living traditions
Traditions & performing arts of Arunachal Pradesh
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