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Tangsa women with baskets for carrying plucked tea leaves
2022
Banglanatak
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
This is a photograph of one of the villages of the Tangsas - New Yumchum village in Miao circle of Changlang district. It is a beautiful village surrounded by the Patkai hills covered with forests. This village itself is an extension of the of Namdapha Tiger Reserve. The Tangsa people are simple, hospitable and enjoy their lives within nature. Bamboo is an integral part of their daily chores, and has an overarching utility in the Tangsa lifestyle.
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- Title: Tangsa women with baskets for carrying plucked tea leaves
- Date Created: 2022
- Location: Changlang district
- 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: Tangsa community resides mostly in the Dihing Patkai region of the Changlang district of eastern Arunachal Pradesh.The community believes that they have migrated from Mongolia, Yunnan and Mynamar many centuries back.The gorgeous Noa Dehing river originates from the Dapha Bum of Patkai hills and cuts through the pristine forests of this region.
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