Tribes Of Arunachal Pradesh History And Culture

Arunachal Pradesh, the northern most state of the Northeast region of India is the homeland of a number of tribes and sub-tribes. The state is a canvas of colourful communities with their habitats amid the lofty sierra, dense forests and roaring rivers with variegated socio cultural milieu with a congregation of diversified socio religious belifs and practices. Such socieities are of immense anthropological interest. But, till date hardly any volume is available in the market which exclusively covers the different aspects and heritage of the various tribal communities of the state.
About Author :
Dr. Bibhash Dharm has obtained his M.Sc. degree from the Gauhati University, Guwahati and Ph.D. degree from Dibrugarh University. In 1980 he joined Anthropological Survey of India, Govt.of India at Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre at Port Blair.
Contents :
The Contributors Introduction A Note on the people of Arunachal Their culture and Matters of Anthropological Interst Evolution of Democratic Set up in Arunachal Pradesh The Wanchos of Arunachal Pradesh The Wancho Wood Carving The Problems of agricultural Transformation in the Highlands Some Demographic Aspects f two culturally and Occupationally Different tribes of Arunachal Pradesh Shifting Cultivationa nd Man Nature Relationship Customary land laws of the Adis customary Land Tenure system and its change among the Adi Gallongs The Akas The Lisus of Arunachal Pradesh An Ethnographic Note on the Singphos of Lohit Fairs and Festivals of Arunachal Pradesh indigenous Food Habit of the Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh Aspects of drug Abuse and Child Marriage Institution of Marriage among the Gallos of Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Himalayas References