Cover photo- Nyibu Mudang Pai is a ritual specialist and a indigenous doctor from the Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, India. He is from Mudang Tage village 

Talo played by - Christopher Michi Tajo from Bamin Michi village in Ziro valley. Talo is a brass plate which was historically played with mallets made from bamboo, wild mushroom and wood. 

Chantung Tani is another name for Abo Tani the first Tani man. Apatani people regard him to be their first ancestor. 

The masses singing Ho in chorus is an example of the procession Apatanis partake in during MURUN. The procession is better known as Penñ procession.

Chantung Tani

Ethnomusicologist, Guitar player, Arranger, Producer, Collector, Archiving traditional music since 2013.



At present - Doctoral Researcher (2022-2025)
Department of Music, UCC, Ireland 
Past
Ethnomusicologist MA, IWA University of Limerick
Swarnabhiomi Academy of Music, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Calcutta School of Music

Donyi Polo School of Music 

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