Arunachal Pradesh

When frogs are in the larva stage, that is the first stage they are called a tadpole. In a tadpole's life cycle they generally live in water. These Baby frogs look different from matured frogs.

Mamang Dai on Apatani Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh: "Abo Tani is said to be the first man on earth / in Arunachal Pradesh. There were two brothers and before animals, there was the birth of man.

Tableaux of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Arunachal Pradesh roll in one after the other on Rajpath during the Republic Day celebrations.

A motorcycle negotiates the tortuous decent from Se La pass, one of the highest motorable passes in Arunachal Pradesh, in the north-east of India.

Arunachal Pradesh·village

Greener view of Camellia sinensis in Donyi PoloTea Estate in Oyan, East Siang in Arunachal Pradesh.

Arunachal Pradesh·river

A tourist runs with a puppy on a leash while Maruti vans and a Indian Willy's Jeep carry rubber dinghy boats for a river crossing in Arunachal Pradesh, India. A Hindustan Ambassador car follows suit.

Arunachal Pradesh·street food

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Wild boar meat is being cooked in a bamboo lit a fire in Arunachal Pradesh.

festival · dance

With fast foot work and much hip swinging, these tribal women seem to be enjoying their dance. In this Adi community, the Solung Festival is celebrated with great joy and enthusiasm.

Arunachal Pradesh·festival

Chief Minister Pema Khandu interacts with media at the press conference of World Tourism Day celebration at Namsai village in Arunachal Pradesh. He discusses tourism issues with the journalists at the events.

river · dance

Arunachali girls celebrate new year as they dance to a regional song at Pasighat in India. Pasighat is the headquarters of East Siang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

ceremony

Marina Nido broke her silence at a memorial prayer service in memory of her son late Nido Tania. Mrs. Marina Nido expresses the heart break of losing a son.

dance · music

Tribal women of Arunachal Pradesh perform a folk dance to the beat of drums and Manjira at night. They wear traditional dresses while dancing. See young men join them in white Kurtas.

festival

Hobo Molik or Mithun fight during Unying Gi: Di: festival in Boleng, Arunachal Pradesh. It is a traditional Mithun fight which is an adventurous part of Uniying Gi: Di: festival celebration among Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh.

river

A father and son duo try their hand at net fishing in a placid stream in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. Meanwhile, the villagers have laid out bamboo fish traps which trap fish swimming downstream, as they enter the rocky rapids.

ceremony · festival

Festivals are an important part of our lives. They provide us with regular opportunities to celebrate, to feast and to meet up with friends and relatives.

Arunachal Pradesh·festival

Arunachali man kills the bat and chop it into small pieces. He boils and cook bat meat. The Adi tribe organizes the 200-year-old “Bat Killing” festival in Arunachal.

festival · politics

Tamiyo Taga, Minister of power, industries, textile and handicrafts speaks at the Unying Gi:Di festival in Boleng town of Arunachal Pradesh. The festival is celebrated annually by Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh.

dance

Dancers from Arunachal Pradesh in traditional costumes. Dancers from Arunachal Pradesh in traditional costumes, performing a folk dance. Help us identify the region that these dancers hail from, in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

A foreign tourist gets a local style back, neck and shoulders massage in a small town in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

flowers

A range of flowering plants in Arunachal Pradesh - Thunbergia or sehra bael creeper, single begonias, garden orchids naturalised outdoors, Crown of thorns - Euphorbia milii flower and bamboo thickets and Verbena among nasturtium.

river · ceremony

It is difficult to ignore the colourful and unique Buddhist prayer flags, especially when there are hundreds of them tied together, fluttering in the wind blowing over a bridge. They prove to be a slow motion delight.

ceremony · highway

A road trip to the enchanting Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, with the advance entrance to the valley of tawang marked with a colourful Buddhist inspired gate at Se La pass.

hills · highway

Driving from Yingkiong town to Pasighat via National Highway 513 in Arunachal Pradesh. See the twisted road through the eastern Himalaya in a cloudy weather. One can see the clouds moving around the hills and the rainforest of Arunachal.