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Galo Community in their Traditional Dress

2022

Banglanatak

Banglanatak
Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Women weave beautiful fabrics for themselves in every household with backstrap looms. Traditionally, the women wear the gale (a wrap-around skirt) with a white shirt. In more recent times the community has developed a Galo uniform to reinforce their identity which is green with white thread-designs on it. Both men and women wear a typical green jacket.

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  • Title: Galo Community in their Traditional Dress
  • Date Created: 2022
  • Location: Lepa Rada
  • Contributor: Dept. of Tourism, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh facilitated the on-ground research.
  • Rights: Banglanatak.com, Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation
  • About the craft: The Galo tribe primarily inhabitat West Siang, Lepa Rada, and Lower Siang districts of Arunachal Pradesh. They belong to the Tani group of peoples who believe that they descended from Abo Tani, who is their great ancestor. The Galos are experts in weaving and bamboo craft.
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