Highlights

Work thus Far:
Total Nine Seminars on Traditional Systems – Change and Continuity amongst the ...

• Adis of East Siang District
• Adis of West Siang District
• Idu Mishmis [Dibang Valley District]
• Tangsas & Tutsas [Changlang District]
• Noctes [Tirap District]
• Apatanis [Lower Subansiri District]
• Wanchoos [Tirap District]
• Nyishis [East Kameng, Papumpare, Kurungkume, Upper & Lower Subansiri Districts]
• Aka (Hrusso) [West Kameng]

Symposium was organised on ..

• Customary Laws amongst the Tangsas
• Kebang – The Traditional Self-governing Institution of the Adis
• Role of Priests in Mishmi Society.

==> State-level Seminar on “Development Through Culture”. Keynote Address was delivered by noted intellectual, Shri S. Gurumurthyji. Nineteen [19] Papers were presented and three hundred of the intelligentsia participated across different communities of Arunachal Pradesh. [Report Enclosed]
==> A paper on “Festivals of Arunachal Pradesh and their Common Bases” has been prepared. [Enclosed]
Post seminar follow up:..

• Documentation and publication – both audio and video
• How to practically implement the thoughts generated in the course of the seminar particularly amongst the youth.
• Symposium to understand the traditional systems more deeply.

Seminar / Symposium Work In Progress: ..

• Seminars: 1. The Monpas [Tawang District] 2. The Tagins [Upper Subansiri District]
  Symposium: Rituals of the Adis
• State-level Seminar on “Traditional Community Perspective on Forest – Change and Continuity”