Legends of Myoko
Into the Heart of the Apatanis
In the lap of Arunachal Pradesh lies the Ziro Valley, where rolling green hills cradle rice paddies, pine forests, and bamboo houses perched gently on stilts. Here live the Apatani people, an indigenous tribe bound by deep reverence for nature, ancestral wisdom, and intricate rituals that breathe life into their land.
LEGENDS OF NORTH-EAST
Road to Myoko Festival
Indigenous experience
Indigenous Rituals · Shamanic Traditions · Tribal Immersion · Cultural Documentation

13 days/12 nights
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam · Arunachal Pradesh · Ziro Valley · Kaziranga

Where misty valleys hold ancient whispers
The Myoko Festival is the soul of this valley, it’s a sacred celebration of friendship, prosperity, and protection. Over days and nights, the valley becomes a living stage of rituals: shamans chanting in trance, ancestral spirits invoked through fire and song, and the entire community moving as one in an unbroken circle of tradition. The elders are keepers of memory, guiding the ceremonies, while the last of the tattooed and pierced Apatani women sit in quiet grace, their faces etched with a history now fading with time.
With Roots of Indigene, you are not just an observer you become a part of the story. You sit in the home of a shaman, listening as chants rise with the smoke; you walk barefoot along narrow trails between paddies; you share rice beer with families as laughter fills bamboo homes. Every step is a lesson, every moment a photograph waiting to be framed, every encounter a bridge to a way of life that still beats raw and real.
This is an invitation to witness Myoko not from the outside but from its very heart. Come before the songs grow quieter, before the last tattooed faces fade into memory.
itinerary
Streets of Northeast
- Day 1
- Check-in at the respective hotel
- Group meeting in the afternoon.
- In the evening we will visit the local streets & markets
Point of interest covered: streets & local markets
Kamakhya temple
- Day 2
- Morning we will visit the Kamakhya temple
- We document the architectural views of the ancient temple and the various ritual which is done by the locals
Point of interest covered: Kamakhya temple
drive to ziro
- Day 3
- Check-out from the hotel at morning, start our drive to Ziro.
- Drive includes – Stop at tezpur for one night stay
village walk
- Day 4
- Check-in at the hotel taking some rest
- In the evening have a small village walk
- Meet the locals
- Shoot the environmental portraits of Apatani lady.
old shaman house
- Day 5
- Visit the Apatani Shaman house
- in the evening document the Sarma pinii ritual & chanting (King of integration) done by Apatani shaman
nyishi village
- Day 6
- Visit the bamin Michi, mudang tage,dutta and hija village.
- Visit the nyishi tribal village which is situated 20 kms distance from the Ziro
monkey skull ritual
- Day 7
- Document the tiiper liinii ritual
- Document the monkey skull ritual done by shaman this is the main program which start mainly at 2 to 3 pm
shamans’s ritual
- Day 8
- Early morning (4am) we capture the pig sacrifice ritual by the shamans
- Document the yugya tonii ritual
village walk
- Day 9
- Document the ajing gyonii ritual (Invitation of Friend from other village)
- Hosting the family friendship
- Check-out from the hotel & move to our next destination.
ashrams
- Day 10
- Visit the various ashrams , witness the Vaishnavite culture and many more things
- Document their lifestyle, and their rituals
mask makers
- Day 11
- Visit the village of mask makers & document their work and art.
- Explore the village life
forest safari
- Day 12
- In the morning check-out from the hotel & move to our next destination to kaziranga national park
- We stay their for one night & in the evening we take a forest safari for capturing the beautiful views of the nature.
FIN
- Day 13
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Morning check- out from the hotel & drop at Guwahati.