INDIA:
| The Nishis |
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 Spread
over much of western Arunachal Pradesh, the Nishi tribe are easily
distinguished by their customary form of dress, most notably their
woven, feather adorned hornbill caps. Long burdened with an erroneous
reputation of fierceness and hostility, the truth is that the Nishi
are a warm, hospitable and charming lot going to any and all lengths
to accommodate their guests. More info... |
| The Miju Mishmis |
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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. More info... |
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The Monpa |
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The
tribes of Arunachal Pradesh could roughly be separated into two groups:
those who practice the animist belief system, and those who don’t.
Of those who don’t the majority follow Buddhism, and of these
the largest group are the Monpa. Inhabitants of the high, isolated
valleys bordering Tibet and Bhutan, the Monpa have played an integral
role in the development of Tibet’s Gelugpa sect of Buddhism,
this being the birthplace of the sixth Dalai Lama and home to Asia’s
second largest monastery, the mighty Tawang gompa. More info... |
BANGLADESH: |
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| The Murung |
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 Tucked
into the Chittagong Hilltract’s southeastern corner, the Murung
are Bangladesh’s most remote, traditional tribe. They are Mongoloid
in race, as are most of their other tribal neighbors, and share with
them many cultural aspects like jhuming (see Nishi Tribe), elevated,
single family bamboo homes, and a tribe specific language. More info... |
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