Photos: Ziro Festival of Music kicks off in Arunachal Pradesh

Arguably India’s most exciting outdoor music festival, the Ziro Festival of Music is held in the Ziro valley in Arunachal Pradesh each year at the end of September. This year’s edition will see performances by 40 musicians on two stages, the venue being a lush green valley with local cuisine and rice wine for company.

Updated on: Sep 30, 2017 11:57 AM IST

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The Ziro Festival of Music draws visitors from all over India, who travel a great distance to enjoy the best of indie music under the vast outdoors and rolling lush greens of the Ziro valley in Arunachal Pradesh. (Paroma Mukherjee / HT Photo)

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The Apatani tribe is native to the Ziro valley. They keep to themselves and are rarely seen photographed. The tribe is distinct for the nose plugs and facial tattoos worn by its female members. (Doniv79 / Wikimedia Commons)

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Carolina Norbu is one of the artists performing at the festival this year. From Nagaland, she’s one of the region’s popular musicians performing this year. (Ziro Festival of Music)

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The first hip-hop Khasi group in India, the Khasi Bloodz will perform in English and Khasi at this year’s edition. (Ziro Festival of Music)

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Hailing from Karbi Anglong in Assam, Kum Chiriu was formed in Delhi in early 2017 by members from other bands in the Delhi music circuit (Dreamscapade, Trancemigrate, Drop The Void, Edit). (Ziro Festival of Music)

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Mangka Mayanglambam, a talented Manipuri folk singer performed at the festival’s 2015 edition to a packed audience. (Paroma Mukherjee / HT Photo)

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The Ziro valley is lush and quiet, where one can actually hear crickets in the paddy fields. Getting there takes an overnight train journey from Guwahati. (Paroma Mukherjee / HT Photo)

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Sofia Ashraf, performing at this year’s edition, went viral with ‘Kodaikanal Won’t’ (a protest song against Hindustan Unilever Limited)- her forte being politically-charged music. (Ziro Festival of Music)