Zekhring

Zekhring

The Zekhring are from the Anjaw District (formerly part of Lohit district) of Arunachal Pradesh. They live in the hilly terrain and banks of the Lohit River in the Walong and Kibithoo area. As of 2002, their tribal population stood at 300, and the their population included members of an ethnically akin tribe, the Meyor. [cite book|title=Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh: Identity, Culture, and Languages|author=Dalvindar Singh Grewal|publisher=South Asia Publications|year=1997|pages=197|isbn=8174330194]

The Zekhring sustain their livehood through agriculture, and are Animists, although they have recently co-adopted Tibetan Buddhism. [cite book|title=Paths of Peace: Studies on the Sino-Indian Border Dispute |author=T. S. Murty|publisher=ABC Pub. House|year=1983|pages=166|isbn=0861444884] The Zekhring are culturally more akin to the Miju Mishmi than to the Tibetans in the north. [cite book|title=Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh: Identity, Culture, and Languages|author=Dalvindar Singh Grewal|publisher=South Asia Publications|year=1997|pages=197|isbn=8174330194] Sungkhu, Tsotangpho Wangley, Tso Tangpo and Losar are their major festivals. [ [http://lohit.nic.in/anjaw.htm The Meyors] ]

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* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=zkr Ethnologue profile]


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