The Miju Mishmi

The Miju Mishmi and the Nishi have much in common, as do most of the tribes in Arunachal Pradesh; as local tales go, these Mongoloid people migrated into their present locations from some shared area in Tibet during only the last three or four hundred years. The Mishmi occupy the eastern-most valleys bordering Myanmar, far enough removed from their Nishi relatives that, despite the shared ancestry, pronounced differences in custom and culture have developed. The Mishmi live in longhouses, practice jhum agriculture, and are believers of Donyi-Polo and Abo Tani, but in each example have expressed it in their own distinct ways. Even the scenery here is different, it’s mountains and rivers forming a marked contrast to those of the west. For all their differences they nevertheless share the same fundamental conditions, those of remoteness, obscurity and authenticity, making the Mishmi another fantastic tribe to discover.

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