Arunachal Pradesh

Pangsau 27

Pangsau Pass: International Festival on the Stillwell Road

Pangsau Pass is a name that I probably heard only a few years ago when I started exploring Arunachal. However, it is part of the iconic Stillwell Road (Ledo Road) that I have known since my school days. My first encounter with it was through a newspaper article by Parag Das about the economic potential […]

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Dong 23

Dong Hike: The Sunrise Hill of Anjaw

In the last decade or so, the remote and godforsaken easternmost extremities of Arunachal such as Walong, Dong, Kibithu, and Kaho have suddenly achieved fame. Walong, situated in the Anjaw district, found itself in thick of action during the 1962 Sino-Indian War. Interestingly, during that era, motorable roads did not even exist on the Indian

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Namsai 40

Poi Pee Mau Tai: Tai Khamti New Year at Namsai-Chowkham

Poi Pee Mau Tai is the New Year festival of the Tai Khamptis has become the biggest festival amongst the folks of the Tai communities in the world. So, old rituals have been enhanced and presented as a modern fetsival and this idea to celebrate the New Year day festival in accordance with the ancient Tai calendar, according to which, we saw the beginning of the 2119th year!

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