Apatani tribal men in Arunachal Pradesh,India,wear eyecatching headdresses everyday
Arunachal Pradesh is India's newest and least known state. From 1875 until 1995 it was off limits to tourists and casual were then passed to allow limited cultural tourism with a pricetagof 150US$ per lush lonely area has several well defined tribal groups who live in bamboo and palm longhouses on stilts against flooding. AP has some of the highest annual rainfall in this unspoilt mountain paradise people liv in patriachal societies where religion is mostly animist and some of the women (ApaTani tribe) are heavily tattoed from forehead to chin and wear huge wooden noseplugs) The tribal groups have a rich oral cultural heritage and are skilled in weaving and basketmaking.
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Location: Arunachal Pradesh,India,Asia
Photo credit: © NORMA JOSEPH / Alamy / Afripics
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