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Arunachal Pradesh·hills · farmland

Daily chores underway at the fields for the tribal population of Tajang Village in Ziro Valley with women and men moving about their daily routine work.

village · farmland

Hari Village has seen a lot of changes in the last five years. From having an all bamboo house structure in the village to having a lot of concrete buildings, it is a question of adapting to modernity or sticking to traditions.

Arunachal Pradesh·farmland · hills

Now is the harvesting season in the valley of Ziro and in Tajang village, the women are seen out in the fields and picking out the rice from the paddy crops. The Ziro valley which is known for its massive yield, is unique in a lot of ways.

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Dr. Tage Kanno, blogger, archivist, writer, journalist and member of NgunuZiro, talks about Apatani culture and history. Here, in this clip he talks about the Tayin Lanpii caves in the Ziro valley.

Arunachal Pradesh·farmland · hills

Now is the harvesting season in the valley of Ziro and in Tajang village, the women are seen out in the fields and picking out the rice from the paddy crops. The Ziro valley which is known for its massive yield, is unique in a lot of ways.

Arunachal Pradesh·farmland · hills

Now is the harvesting season in the valley of Ziro and in Tajang village, the women are seen out in the fields and picking out the rice from the paddy crops. The Ziro valley which is known for its massive yield, is unique in a lot of ways.

Arunachal Pradesh·farmland · hills

Daily chores underway at the fields for the tribal population of Tajang Village in Ziro Valley with women and men moving about their daily routine work.

Arunachal Pradesh·hills · farmland

The modern yet traditionally maintained interiors of a homestay with traditional and ethnic handicrafts and decoratings.

Arunachal Pradesh·village · farmland

The village priest of the Apatanis, called the 'Nyibu' locally wanders about doing his daily chores around the village.

Arunachal Pradesh·farmland · hills

The wide open expanse of land with paddy fields in the valley of Ziro unmistakably is a sight seen only here. The paddy cum pisciculture farms are very unique to this valley.

Arunachal Pradesh·farmland · hills

The wide open expanse of land with paddy fields in the valley of Ziro unmistakably is a sight seen only here. The paddy cum pisciculture farms are very unique to this valley.

Arunachal Pradesh·farmland · hills

Daily life carries on at Tajang Village in Ziro Valley. The Apatani, or Tanii, are a tribal group of people living in the Ziro valley in the Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh in India.

Arunachal Pradesh·hills · farmland

Tradition and modernity collide and what comes out is a fusion of the two in what is comfortable but also maintaining the cultural roots. Tajang Village is one of the satellite villages of Apatanis in the Ziro valley.

Arunachal Pradesh·hills · festival

The Scaly-breasted Munia or Spotted Munia (Lonchura punctulata), known in the pet trade as Nutmeg Mannikin or Spice Finch, is a sparrow-sized estrildid finch native to tropical Asia.

Arunachal Pradesh·farmland · festival

Ziro is situated in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, 167 kms from the capital Itanagar. It can be reached via road from Guwahati or Dibrugarh towns in Assam.

Arunachal Pradesh·farmland · hills

The paddy fields of Ziro are very distinct and significant of the valley and its people. The massive yield in the rich valley is known worldwide.

Arunachal Pradesh·farmland · hills

The 'Agyan' in the middle of the paddy field is an altar of the Apatanis that is supposed to protect the produce from the fields.

Arunachal Pradesh·farmland · hills

The 'Agyan' in the middle of the paddy field is an altar of the Apatanis that is supposed to protect the produce from the fields.

festival · farmland

The grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus) is a species of bird in the Laniidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Arunachal Pradesh·farmland · hills

At the Nyatu, which is a resting place in the middle of fields or forest, there are smooth stones like this placed appropriately so that the weapons that the men carry to the forests for hunting or other purposes can be sharpened.

Arunachal Pradesh·farmland · hills

The paddy fields of Ziro are very distinct and significant of the valley and its people. The massive yield in the rich valley is known worldwide.

Arunachal Pradesh·hills · old town

Traditional brewing of alcohol (Apong) in the Apatani valley of Ziro. The Apatani, or Tanii, are a tribal group of people living in the Ziro valley in the Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh in India.

Arunachal Pradesh·hills · farmland

The modern yet traditionally maintained interiors of a homestay with traditional and ethnic handicrafts and decoratings.