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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 Read more …

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Myoko Celebration of Apatani’s-A Photo Feature

By AG | Published: May 4, 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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Murung Ritual Video, circa 1944-45

By AG | Published: January 4, 2008

Digital Himalaya -“A project to develop digital collection, storage, and distribution strategies for multimedia anthropological information from the Himalayan region“, has finally uploaded some of the Professor Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf’s Apatani film clips shot during the year 1944-45 from their collection at YouTube. Find the video below and others here (Apatani Shaman & their ritual), Read more …

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It’s Murung Pullo!!

By AG | Published: January 1, 2008

Puzzled? Well, it simply means ‘it’s the month of January’ in Apatani and I’ll dwell about this topic a little later in my post. BTW, how did you bid adieu to the year gone by and welcomed the New Year? For Hapolians, 31st December being marked as an ‘Indigenous Faiths Day’ all over Arunachal and Read more …

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