"Apatani tribals live in the ziro valley in Arunachal Pradesh. Their houses are made of bamboo. Also unique to the Apatanis are the simple and sturdy bamboo houses they live in. Bamboo is an incredibly useful resource, and thus is highly esteemed among the Apatani people. Almost every family has their own nursery of bamboo plants, where they grow a unique species that was imported from China centuries ago. Bamboo is used not only for building, but for cooking, eating, and in the creation of sacrificial objects. Most Apatanis are followers of the Doni-Polo religion, a religion with no written scriptures. Believers pray to a number of deities and spirits of the natural world. Sacrifices and rituals coincide with the lunar cycle, and also occur during occasions such as weddings. Spiritual rituals occur during many phases of a typical Apatani wedding ceremony and celebration. The bride and the women of her extended family make a ritual march to her future husband's house carrying baskets full of rice.This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and Digital Betacam. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... wfi @ vsnl.com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.
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