Abstract
This research deals with the Zakhring tribe, one of the least known tribes of the world. They are found in small numbers (less than 1000) in the remote and frontier areas of Arunachal Pradesh, geographically located in India’s North East. This is a tribe, perceived to have migrated from Tibet and settled in the Walong and Kibito circle, Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh, whose numbers seems to be decreasing over time and, thereby, facing gradual disappearance. Drawing upon ethnographic research and interviews in the Walong and in the Kibito circle in Arunachal Pradesh and in Tibet, I attempt to describe this tribe.
Highlights
At the heart of this research is a description of the Meyor community, one of the least known tribes of the world
In the light of these categories, Meyor tribe, perhaps, broadly fall under the first category, as our observation reveals that, being a frontier tribe, their habitats have suffered from encroachments by activities of Army and Border Roads
Rice is the staple food, the Meyor community, produce wheat, maize, millet and barley. Their agricultural practice is of a superior type, the Meyors are competent in animal husbandry too. The cultivation of these agricultural products are based on traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) which is termed as local ecological knowledge (LEK) or the indigenous knowledge (IK)
Summary
At the heart of this research is a description of the Meyor community, one of the least known tribes of the world. This community is found in the Walong and Kibatoo circles of Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh. Meyor is one of the hidden frontier tribes geospatially found amidst the rugged landscape of Walong, a cantonment and an administrative town and Kibatoo circle in Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh of India’s North East.
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