
Maun Mela fishing festival and traffic near twin bridges in Uttarakhand
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Maun Mela, a traditional community fishing festival held along the Aglar River in the Tehri Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.
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A typical house of the Kachari tribe. This is a finer version of a Kachari house, as the houses generally found in Kachari villages are simpler and more basic. Kachari is one of the tribes of Nagaland. Kacharis are one of the oldest people living in North-east India.They are found mainly in Dimapur in Nagaland but also have a large presence in Assam. Kachari is a generic term applied to a number of ethnic groups predominantly in Assam speaking Tibeto-Burman languages or claiming a common ancestry. The Dimasa people (or Dima-basa, and also called Dimasa-Kachari) are a group of people in Assam, in northeastern India. Dimasa mythology says they are the children of Bangla Raja and the great divine bird Arikhidima. Bangla Raja's six sons—Sibrai, Doo Raja, Naikhu Raja, Waa Raja, Gunyung Brai Yun
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