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India - Apatani Tribe - Portrait of an elderly Apatani tribal woman

Atta Yadd, an elderly Apatani tribal grandmother in her village of Hijja in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pardesh, India. The Apatani minority, one of hundreds spread across northern India are known to have come originally from nomadic Mongolian ancestry, they settled in north eastern India and now are best known for being foresters, farmers specialising in the cultivation of Bamboo.

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Atta Yadd, an elderly Apatani tribal grandmother in her village of Hijja in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pardesh, India. The Apatani minority, one of hundreds spread across northern India are known to have come originally from nomadic Mongolian ancestry, they settled in north eastern India and now are best known for being foresters, farmers specialising in the cultivation of Bamboo.