Cute Apatani boys and girls dance at Dree festival, Ziro

Young boys and girls belonging to Apatani tribes from Ziro valley showcase a dance item during Dree festival in Arunachal Pradesh. The Dree Festival is an Apatani agricultural rite. It involves the sacrifice of fowls, eggs and animals to the gods Tamu, Metii and Danyi Pilo(Sun and Moon God). The purpose of the festival is to appease these gods so that famine could be avoided. This rite is observed by the Apatanis in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The Apatanis, who inhabit a tranquil pine clad valley called Z