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340  EASTERN INDIA

Tribal Peoples of the Northeast

Northeast India is home to an extraordinary diversity of
tribal peoples. Arunachal Pradesh alone has 26 major
tribes, while Nagaland has 16. Dozens of others inhabit
Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura. Though
living in the same region, they have been geographically
isolated from each other by steep mountain ridges, rivers
and gorges, and have therefore retained their distinct
cultural identities and languages.

Pipes of wood Gigantic stone megaliths can
and metal are be seen all over the state of
smoked by tribes Meghalaya. They were erected
in Arunachal Pradesh. by the Khasi tribe as memorials
to the dead.

The Adis of Arunachal Pradesh are famous for their
Intricate beadwork, crafted by the engineering skills and construct superb bridges, such
Wanchos of Arunachal as this tube of canework over the Brahmaputra river.

The Konyaks of
Nagaland, who
perform spirited
martial dances,
wear colourful
costumes, with
hornbill feathers,
wild boar tusks
and painted
canework caps.

The Thankuls of Manipur are
skilled at weaving, producing a
distinctive red-and-white textile
with a silken sheen.

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