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A summary of the international conference on “Origins and Migrations Among Tibeto-Burman Speakers of the Extended Eastern Himalaya”

By AG | Published: May 28, 2008
-by Rebecca Gnuechtel From the 23rd to the 25th May 2008 some 30 scholars gathered in Berlin, Germany for an international conference on “Origins and Migrations Among Tibeto-Burman Speakers of the Extended Eastern Himalaya”, which was organized by Prof. Toni Huber of the Humboldt University, Institute for Asian and African Studies and Prof. Stuart Blackburn of Read more ...
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Arunachal Pradesh goes into PRI polls

By AG | Published: May 26, 2008
The people of Arunachal Pradesh today exercised their franchise to elect 2469 Gram Panchayat Members, 992 Anchal Samiti members and 128 Zilla Parishad Members from total of 7423, 1779 and 161 GPM’s, ASM’s and ZPM’s berths in the state respectively. The remaining berths were earlier filled up, uncontested. Out of the sixteen districts in Arunachal Read more ...
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Myoko-A Perspective

By AG | Published: May 12, 2008
-by Roto Chobin Being an essential festival of Apatani community, the Myoko is perhaps one of the most protracted and intricate festival in the world, wherein entire Apatanis take some part in the festivities while the substantial role are played by the host of Myoko, and which induce one to question and contemplate, extol and assess Read more ...
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Relevance of Myoko in Modern Days

By AG | Published: May 7, 2008
-By G. Tallo Myoko, regarded as the festival of friendship by many, embodies the cultural life of the Apatanis. Babo, Lapang, Nago, Biiniin-ajin, Miji-migun, Biisi-ayu etc, which are inseparable part of Myoko are the cultural heritage of the Apatanis. In many ways, Myoko is more than just the festival of friendship. It is the occasion when Read more ...
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Myoko Celebration of Apatani's-A Photo Feature

By AG | Published: May 5, 2008
Ah! This post was long due. I remember promising one of my reader (I guess it was Richo, if I remember well) to do a photo feature on Myoko as soon as it comes to an end on 19th of April, summarizing the event in a chronological order; but for the backlogs at my work, Read more ...
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Myoko Hiatus…

By AG | Published: March 17, 2008
Guess, those regular visitor to AD (Arunachal Diary) might have noticed the considerable decline in frequency of postings, these past few weeks-the reason being the forthcoming ‘Myoko’ Celebration which begins this 20th for Hari and Bulla villages. And this decline in frequency of posting is there to remain for a while till the completion of Read more ...
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