Dree festival dance - Ziro valley, Arunachal Pradesh

Apatani community showcase the Dree festival dance during Dree Festival in Ziro Valley, Arunachal Pradesh. The Dree Festival is an Apatani agricultural rite. It involves the sacrifice of fowls, eggs and animals to the gods – Tamu, Metii and Danyi Pilo(Sun and Moon God). The purpose of the festival is to appease these gods so that famine could be avoided. This rite is observed by the Apatanis in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The Apatanis, who inhabit a tranquil pine clad valley called Ziro at the core of Lower