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See the cute girls at the end of the video - one of them is handed a bottle of rice beer or apong, and takes a swig of the brew. She must not be older than five or six years. In Arunachal, rice beer is not considered taboo for children... Women cook and pack rice on banana leaves for distribution among villagers. Meanwhile, local men cut and clean mithun and pork meat for the evening feast on the occasion of Reh festival in Lower Dibang Valley. Mithun is reared as meat animal in Arunachal Pradesh and other northeastern states. Mithun is a very auspicious animal and used in animal sacrifice ritual during Reh Festival. Reh is one of the most important festival of the Idu Mishmis who believe that they are the children of the divine mother 'Nanyi Inyitaya'. None can get her blessings and kee
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