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A 115 year old man turns up to carry out a centuries old rain sacrifice, using chickens and young chicks as sacrificial 'lambs' on a tribal platform in Ziro village, Arunachal Pradesh, India. After the ceremony, the hunched over old man walks through the village with the chicks tied to a bamboo pole. Arunachal Pradesh is a state 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 (PRC) in the north. Itanagar is the capital of the state. Arunachal Pradesh means "land of the dawn-lit mountains". It is also known as "land of the rising sun" in reference to its position as the easternmost state of India. Like other parts of
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