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Voice of Apatani

By AG | Published: October 19, 2007

No, it’s not a forum of the Apatani’s as you might think, but a singing talent hunt platform. Seems like the craze that talent hunt shows like Indian Idol 3, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa or the Voice of India generated, has seized the psyche of people of this sleepy little town of Hapoli-Ziro to Read more …

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Boa-Benii-A Traditional Rope Trick of the Apatanis

By AG | Published: October 5, 2007

Yet another video from Prof Christoph Von Furer-Heimendorf’s archive. The video below posted by pirateDonkey at YouTube shows the traditional rope trick of the Apatanis called Boa Benii which is almost extinct now. I wonder if anyone knows this trick now or would prefer to perform this trick anymore. Link via arunachalnews Related Views:Taku TamuAmazing Read more …

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Roh-pi Ritual – A Photo Feature

By AG | Published: September 13, 2007

Having never witnessed any ‘Roh-pi’ ritual before, I couldn’t resist myself from rushing to Hari village, when I heard that ‘Roh-pi’ ritual was going to be performed at Hari village; to witness the ritual live and to capture it on camera. When I reached Hari village, people were almost ready- attired in war dresses armed Read more …

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Furore Over Draft Delimitation Proposal

By AG | Published: July 17, 2007

The people of the state has shown mixed reactions to the task of re-adjustment of territorial constituencies on the basis of census figures, without affecting the total number of seats allocated to each state in the Lok Sabha and the legislative assembly headed by Justice (Retd.) Kuldeep Singh. The delimitation proposal has been welcomed by Read more …

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