Mamang Dai on Donyi-Polo Apatani in Arunachal Pradesh: Trees as dwelling places of spirits and gods

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Mamang Dai talks about Donyi-Polo Apatani religion in Arunachal Pradesh. Apatani forms the central core of the religions of Arunachal. It's more like a way of life. If trees were the dwelling places of spirits and gods, now that we'cre cutting them down, we're taking away those dwelling places.