Lower Subansiri
Ziro at approx 1550m is the district headquarters of Lower Subansiri district. It is a plateau surrounded by pine clad gentle hills, and tranquil rice fields. The region is home to Apa Tani tribes, who live in bamboo stilt house, decorated with totem poles. Both men and women have facial tattoos and women wear huge wooden plugs in both sides of their noses. Apa Tanis are the famed farmers; originators of a distinctive system of mixed paddy and fish cultivation and they practice Donyi Polo (worship of sun and moon).
Near Lower Subansiri
More to see around Arunachal Pradesh.
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Bhramaputra River
Bhramaputra or Siang river as it is known in Arunachal need special mention.
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Bomdila
Bomdila (approx. 2500m) is the head quarter of west Kameng district with a small town spread over a wide ridge, inhabited mostly by Monpas.
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Dirang
Dirang, situated between Bomdila and Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh doesn't have a whole lot to see but it is a spectacular, relatively low lying valley with many 500-year-old…
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Gorsam Chorten
Gorsam Chorten near the village of Zemithang is the largest Stupa of the area with the height of about 100ft (like a 10 storied building).
