Apa Tani - Culture

The Apa Tani, also spelled as Tani or Apatani, is a tribal group of about 25,000 in the Apatani plateau Jiro (usually spelled and pronounced Ziro by outsiders) in the Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. As they are of Tibetan origin, their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family. Apa Tani - History. There are currently no known written records of the history of the Apatani tribe, although it is speculated that, throughout their history, the Apatani had a democratic system of running t ...

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There are currently no known written records of the history of the Apatani tribe, although it is speculated that, throughout their history, the Apatani had a democratic system of running the society. The village council was known as the Bulyang. Anthropologists such as Sumit Guha suggests that the Apatani have good oral accounts of the political history of the region. One of their oral accounts speak of their migration from the extreme north of Subansiri and Siang areas follo ...

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You will be disappointed to meet an Apatani today if you went to Jiro expecting to see some tribals following a primitive culture - animistic beliefs, tattooing, long hair tied into a knot on men and animal sacrifices. They have given up most of their tribal ways and have incorporated ways of the modern world. Many of them are high-level Government employees, doctors and engineers. Of late, several teens have even been inf ...

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Apa Tani, Apa Tani - History, Apa Tani - Religion, Apa Tani - Culture, Apa Tani - Dress, Apa Tani - Customs and lifestyle, Apa Tani - The Apatani today, Apa Tani - Miscellanous

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You will be disappointed to meet an Apatani today if you went to Jiro expecting to see some tribals following a primitive culture - animistic beliefs, tattooing, long hair tied into a knot on men and animal sacrifices. They have given up most of their tribal ways and have incorporated ways of the modern world. Many of them are high-level Government employees, doctors and engineers. Of late, several teens ...

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Apa Tani, Apa Tani - History, Apa Tani - Religion, Apa Tani - Culture, Apa Tani - Dress, Apa Tani - Customs and lifestyle, Apa Tani - The Apatani today, Apa Tani - Miscellanous

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Apatanis trace their descent patrilineally. While the status of menfolk is considered higher than the womenfolk, the sexes may share responsibilities in the house and the family. The womenfolk carry out the household chores of gathering of both wild and kitchen garden vegetables, cooking, fetching of water, pounding of rice, cleaning of houses, washing of clothes and utensils, nursing and looking after infants and children, preparation of the Tsampa, ginning and spinning of cotton and other jobs associated with the household. In the f ...

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Most of the Apatanis are loyal followers of the Donyi Polo faith, who pray to an array of spirits and souls for blessing. Abo-Teni, the primal man, analogous to Adam in the Christian faith, is considered to be the sole ancestor of all Apatani and other Animist tribes in the surrounding regions. When a misfortune occurs, they believe that it is caused by certain spirits, and thus they make appeasement sacrifices of chickens and cows. Myoko, the main agricultural festival of the Apatanis, is celebrated in a very grand manner lasting for a whole mon ...

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Though simple, the dress of the Apatanis elaborate colorful, yet simple styles. Tattoing and the stuffing of large nose plugs were once popular among the women, although this practice has gradually been falling into decline in the recent years. The menfolk tie their hair in a knot just above the forehead with a brass rod measuring at 12 inches, placed horizontally. Strips of fine cane belt painted in red that were bent into the shape of a horse-collar wit ...

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Apa Tani, Apa Tani - History, Apa Tani - Religion, Apa Tani - Culture, Apa Tani - Dress, Apa Tani - Customs and lifestyle, Apa Tani - The Apatani today, Apa Tani - Miscellanous

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