tourist bungalow
Day 8:
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After breakfast drive six hours to Ziro, en route at Raga
witness BOORIBOOT FESTIVAL the headquarters of the
Lower Subansiri district. Situated in the heart of the Apa Tani
Valley, at an altitude of 1,572 m, Ziro is one of the most
beautiful hill stations in Arunachal Pradesh, fringed by lofty mountains.The
drive is through lush forested hillsides and past tribal settlements of the Nishi
and Hill Miri. Usually set amidst green surroundings, Nishi settlements consist
of widely dispersed long huts made of twilled mats, thatched roofs and
flooring of flattened bamboo and are identified by the profusion of pigs and
fowls reveling on heaps of rubbish everywhere. A short distance away lie the
granaries. The Hill Miri villages are much smaller, with an average village
consisting of 8 to 9 houses built on hill slopes. Varying from 60 to 70 feet in
length, the longhouse can shelter up to 40 persons.
Day 9:
Visit to various Villages in habited by Apa Tani tribes. Ziro
was a World War II airbase for US and British Forces (the
famous Flying Tigers). It was the base for air support for the
battle of Kohima and the retake of Burma from
the invading Japanese Forces in 1944. The nearby villages offer a glimpse at
close quarters of the culture and lifestyle of the Apa Tani, an enterprising and
industrious tribal community which inhabits this valley. The Apa Tani villages
are remarkable in a country where settlements are not permanent and tribal
groups seem to be continuously on the move, for they are all concentrated in
this valley. Seven villages, all situated within an hour\'s walking distance of
each other, consist of houses built on wooden pile a few feet off the ground.
Unlike the Nishi, the Apa Tani are generally polygynous. The men have
elaborate tattoos on their faces and wear their hair in a top-knot. Their
characteristic circular nose plugs distinguish the women. Overnight at Hotel
Blue Pine.
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