Arunachal Pradesh

crafts

Tribesmen of Arunachal Pradesh peeling off bamboo strings to make tiny toys and baskets out of them. The state has a vibrant craft tradition and every tribe excels in craftsmanship.

Albizzia (Spiky Red tropical flower) in Jawaharlal Nehru Van Udyan. Jawaharlal Nehru Van Udyan in Arunachal Pradesh. It is dedicated to the memory of Jawaharlal Nehrum like most other things in India tend to be.

river · crafts

Man driving ferry on river Brahmaputra, heading towards Umananda Island, the smallest inhabited riverine island in the world! See the lovely steering column and chain mechanism by which the ferry is steered! See smaller barges comprised of…

wildlife

Sambhar at night, stunned in a search-light, with shining eyes... This was not filmed by us but by a forest department anti-poaching patrol that was out at night, looking for poachers.

Yazali is a village in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Shop are line up and school children are passing by. Arunachal Pradesh is one of the 29 states of India.

dance

Men and women from Arunachal Pradesh enjoying a dance performance as much as their audience. Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India.

crafts

A bead is a small, decorative object that is usually pierced for threading or stringing. Beads range in size from under 1 millimetre (0.039 in) to over 1 centimetre (0.39 in) in diameter.

street food

This man is filling hollow bamboo tubes with raw meat and gravy to be cooked. This is a common practice in Arunachal Pradesh where people slice pieces of meat for cooking and place them within a hollow bamboo, sealing off the bamboo from th…

river · hills

The Brahmaputra (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मपुत्र; Assamese: Brôhmôputrô), also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia.

crafts

A man spins wool on a temporary wooden chakra with his hands to make a traditional wrapper in Arunachal Pradesh. Most generally they use a back-strap loom and weave cloth.

dance

Adi tribal dance from India's north-east! Dances form a vital element in the zest and joy of living of Arunachali tribal. They dance on important rituals, during festivals and also for recreational reasons.

dance

A slightly slothful Hoolock falls asleep on the tree - small wonder that they don't fall off when asleep! Hoolocks belong to the family of Gibbons, and the Hoolock in particular has very human qualities.

Hoolock Gibbon swinging from tree to tree: the Hoolocks belong to the family of Gibbons. Seen here in north-east India's state of Arunachal Pradesh.

snow

A snow-capped tiny gateway to the Indo-China border, Mayodia Pass is at an altitude of 2,655 m. Located in Lower Dibang Valley District of Arunachal Pradesh.

Arunachal Pradesh·music · hills

A girl from Lower Dibang valley in Arunachal Pradesh singing beautiful Arunachali song at Reh Festival. The Reh Festival is celebrated every year by Idu Mishmi community to maintain peace and prosperity.

Oranges are cultivated in large number in the North Eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. This orange orchard is on the hill top of Yazali village in Arunachal Pradesh.

river · village

A man preparing pork meat as he burn it and cleans it before making pork curry at a stall kitchen which is set up during the Panyor River Festival at Yazali vilalge in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

hills · farmland

Mantodea (or mantises, mantes) is an order of insects that contains over 2,400 species and about 430 genera in 15 families worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. Most of the species are in the family Mantidae.

Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India. Located in northeast India, Arunachal Pradesh borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south, and shares international borders with Bhutan in the west, Myanmar in the east and the People's Repub…

music · festival

Ngawang Tashi Bapu was born on 22nd Feb 1968, in the village of Thembang, state of Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. He was born into a large farming family of three brothers and four sisters.

village · industry

Grinding bhutta or corn through a traditional corn mill in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Traditional practices of rural India at their innovative technological and practical best!