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See how bamboo is sharpened, how Apatani men wear their hair, the bamboo paraphernalia for prayer and so much more - the happy folks of the Apatani plateau of Ziro could teach the rest of India a thing or two, in terms of happiness and traditions... See the old man laugh - his toothless grin is precious! Here the Apatani folks are making a sacrificial structure called Yuygyang. After the rituals, the sacrificial structure or Yuygyang is cut into pieces and thrown into the river and it implies that the pests and insects are to be flooded out from the agricultural fields. The Yuygyang for Dree is constructed from a particular plant called 'pemupello'. The Yuygyang for Tammu God and Metii are constructed from bamboo decorating it nicely with bamboo shaves and basket (Byodungchukha). The child
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