Chachin Grazing Festival celebrated with great fervour by the local graziers of Tawang region

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Chachin Grazing Festival was celebrated with great fervour by the local graziers of Tawang region near Bumla Pass, Arunachal Pradesh. The two-day event held at Chachin saw enthusiastic participation from Graziers from all over Tawang region.

Chachin and other traditional grazing areas, near Bumla Pass have historically served as the backbone of the local Monpa lifestyle that is largely dependent on nomadic herding – a primitive form of subsistence farming — as means of livelihood. The festival featured a medical camp for aiding the local graziers who often live in remote locations without the medical facilities prevalent in urban areas.

A veterinary camp was also organized to provide similar medical support to the animals –yaks of the local graziers – along with a lecture on animal health that would facilitate the graziers in ensuring better care for their livestock. These initiatives were undertaken as an acknowledgement of the significance of traditional grazing grounds around the Tawang region – both as a contemporary source of local livelihood and as a key fragment of the Monpa historical heritage that has seen multiple generations of Monpa graziers herding their livestock through a rugged terrain and inclement weather to reach their traditional grazing grounds that provide necessary nourishment for their livestock and support the local community as a whole.

The event culminated with a cultural programme that included performances by a local troupe, showcasing the rich pageantry of Monpa culture, followed by the felicitation of local graziers. The event was attended by nearly 100 graziers and their herd of yaks numbering more than 400, from the villages adjoining Tawang region including the Lamburdung village, whose