Mamang Dai, author of 'Arunachal Pradesh: The Hidden land' speaks about her book

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Mamang Dai, author of 'Arunachal Pradesh: The Hidden land' book speaks about her book. She says, "If you talk about evolution let me take it from the mythical angle because my book is based mainly on myths of Arunachal Pradesh. We have a belief almost all the tribes of Arunachal Pradesh have a very strong belief in what is called in the Sun and Moon cult or religion now we say if this is the only Dony Polo religion. Dony literally means Son and Polo is the moon and this is a very superficial explanation actually the whole philosophical belief of Dony Polo goes much deeper because the communities here feel that the Sun and the moon are the physical manifestations of a greater cosmic force." This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the large