Arunachal Pradesh

river · forest

In the thick rain forests of the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh in India, a Mahindra Bolero SUV crosses a forest stream, on its way to a village across the wild terrain.

dance

Dancers from Arunachal Pradesh in traditional costumes, performing a folk dance.

Arunachal Pradesh·festival

Thousands of bats being killed during the annual Bat Killing Festival in Arunachal Pradesh. The Adi tribe organizes the 200-year-old “Bat Killing” festival in Arunachal.

architecture

Tawang Monastery in Tawang town of Arunachal Pradesh. It is the largest monastery in India and second largest in Asia. The monastery stands as high as 10,000 feet above the sea level amidst the Himalayan ranges sloping towards the east.

river

A group of women on a trip to the Arunachali town of Bhalukpong which borders Assam in the north east. The region is known for its exotic wildlife and camping.

dance · hills

The Adi or Bokar Lhoba people is a major collective tribe living in the Himalayan hills of Arunachal Pradesh, and they are found in the temperate and sub-tropical regions within the districts of East Siang, Upper Siang, West Siang and Lower…

Arunachal Pradesh·river

A nursery of Palm Oil saplings near Oyan in the plains of Arunachal Pradesh, around the Siang or Brahmaputra river valley, with the mountains of Upper Siang in the distance.

Arunachal Pradesh

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Fat feeds the fire as pig meat is cooked on an open flame in India's north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Arunachal Pradesh

Lohit is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. The district headquarters are located at Tezu. As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Arunachal Pradesh, after Papum Pare and Changlang.

Bored with concrete forests of cities, tourist loves the scenic beauty of the mountains. Kameng bursts at a height of 7000 feet and swinging over it a hanging bridge seems like a scene from an adventure film.

A Shrike on a shrub and cane groves, screw pine palms and bamboo - plantain growing wild at Bhalokpong in Arunachal, close to the Assam border.

hills · river

The Siyom river runs through Along Valley which is a town and headquarter of the West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, India.

ceremony · old town

In this video, a man speaks about the ritual traditions of the Galo tribe, one of the prominent indigenous communities of Arunachal Pradesh.

Arunachal Pradesh·river · architecture

Spectacular flight over a hand-made traditional hanging bridge on the Siang or Brahmaputra river near Walong / Boleng in Arunachal Pradesh.

river · forest

We fly down the Simang river, a tributary to Siang river in Arunachal, and follow up a small tributary of fresh water coming down from the forests around Boleng. The Siang flows into Assam to become the Brahmaputra.

politics · village

Rupin and Vibha Dang undertake a tea tasting session in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Within the Adi community, at the Dite tea Estate, Omak Apang, ex Minister of Tourism, Government of India, discusses his initiatives to bring tea to the small…

aerial · hills

Bomdila and the Tenga Valley area are the amphitheater where the 1962 Indo-China war culminated in a bitter defeat of sorts. Lots of fine soldiers were lost. This is now a major Buddhist center, as it was then, in India.

The blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) is the only species in genus Ithaginis of the pheasant family.

Arunachal Pradesh·politics · river

Gegong Apang inaugurates the annual Siang River Festival in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Gegong Apang is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh.

festival

Thousands of bats being killed during the annual Bat Killing Festival in Arunachal Pradesh. The Adi tribe organizes the 200-year-old “Bat Killing” festival in Arunachal.

Arunachal Pradesh·festival

Arunachali tribals feast on Bat meat on occasion of Bat Killing Festival in Arunachal. The Adi tribe organizes the 200-year-old “Bat Killing” festival in Arunachal.

Arunachal Pradesh·river · aerial

Aerial view of traditional bamboo trap fishing in the Simang river, a tributary to Siang river near Boleng town in Arunachal Pradesh. A fisherman looks into baskets which he kept earlier to catch fish.

ceremony · hills

See the cute girls at the end of the video - one of them is handed a bottle of rice beer or apong, and takes a swig of the brew. She must not be older than five or six years. In Arunachal, rice beer is not considered taboo for children...