Tangsa Textile Product
Tangsa textile is a very traditional textile of Tangsa community. Tangsa textile has excellent and glorious history; color combination, design pattern motives, organic dying ingredients; as well as each and every thing is closely related to the nature and geo climatic condition. The raw material for making Tangsa textile is available in this particular geographical region. Thus, the Tangsa textile is a hallmark of the consummate skill, expertise, talent and creativity of the tribal craftsmen. The artistic patterns of Tangsa weaving are represented on Hand bags of diamond cut designs, hand bags of mixed colors and beautiful skirt pieces.
The uniqueness of Tangsa Textile and their special feature have been mentioned in the Gazetteer of Arunachal Pradesh 1980 and other literatures including Research papers, History books, Traveler tells, Stories as well media reports. The artistic patterns of Tangsa weaving are represented by the Hand bags of diamond cut designs, hand bags of mixed colors and beautiful skirt pieces.
Apatani Textile
The dresses of Apatani tribe are very colorful, beautiful, and attractive. Handloom weaving is a folk art of Apatani community. The Apatani priests wear special shawl on ceremonial occasion. This shawl with extraordinary design is said to have special supernatural power. The use of certain kinds of clothes is often associated to a family‟s social position and achievements in the fields of hospitality and war. The textile items produced by the indigenous weavers of Apatani community are unique and have culture specific characteristics and style of ethnic/ traditional costumes complete the beauty of this state.
The traditional handloom of Apatani tribe is a type of Loin loom which is locally called as Chichin and found similar to the traditional handlooms of other tribe like Nyishi tribe. It is a portable, easy to install and operated by a single weaver especially female member of the community. This traditional handloom has many components that have its significant functionality wherein a network of threads are managed for weaving.
Monpa Textile
Monpa people have expertise in weaving. Weaving is an important activity of the Monpa society. Weaving in their society is almost exclusively done by women. Girls are trained in the art of weaving from a very early age and the art form is handed down from generation to generation. The basic raw materials used by them in weaving are wool and cotton yarn. A unique aspect of the Monpa dress is the distinctive type of headgear worn by the people, based on the region of their stay. The most common headgear is called as Ngama-shom. It is made of yak’s hair, which is in the shape of a skull. It has no brim, but has five tapering points of about three inches in length twisted out from the body.
The people of Zimithang-both men and women wear a different type of cap known as the seir-sha. It is round in shape and red and yellow in color. The Monpa women weave in wool, cotton and bark fiber. Their main products are sashes, shawls, a wide variety of bags and many related products. The Monpa make beautifully designed textile bags in combination of various colours - red, yellow, green, white and black.
Nyishi Textile
Nyishi Textile of Arunachal Pradesh is very unique handloom product of Arunachal Pradesh and it is known for uniqueness, color combination, variety and verities of traditional motifs with strong presence of women weaver of Nyishi tribe. Motifs are designed based on the shape of objects such as mountains, ornaments, cucumber seeds etc. Each symbol represents cultural significance with different color combinations.
Pomo Pomo is the traditional word used by the tribal people for their cloth. It is of black and white strips. The male refer to their Pomo as Pomo Jeda and female refer to their Pomo as Pomo Gale. But the basic designs are the same. The clothes of the Nyishi tribe were weaved on their own. The weaving is as done on a single heddle tension loom which is very simple and easily portable. It can be setup in any convenient space of the house as its one end is fastened to a post or fence and the other with the waist of the weaver by means of rope. They weave normally two kinds of coarse clothes, one for the women and other for the man. This cloth is called kameyit.
Adi Textile
Adi tribal women are the custodians of the knowledge, and to the elaborate process of spinning, dying and weaving. Verities of culturally important traditional dresses are made by women using experiential wisdom. Weaving and related art are considered to be significant attribute for any tribal Adi women in Arunachal Pradesh. The loom that is traditionally used is the loin loom and the colours used are organic colours, prepared largely from the plants that grow in the forest and the designs used in dresses are dependent on cultural variability of tribal community.
Adi has been using traditional dresses commonly known as Galuk (Coat), Galé (Bottom wear of female), Gadu/ Badu (Blanket) Yambo (Light Blanket), Kuːyet (Shawl), Ugon (a typical male dress), Dumbyong. All these are hand woven from yarn by expert Adi Artisan. Both male and female use these traditional attires which is identical in the making with different designs. Some designs are simple while others complicated.
Galo Textile
The textile is related to the living pattern of the Galo community and related with the traditional motifs. Houses in a typical Galo village are less and are usually compact. The houses are built while considering the humid sub-tropical climate into consideration. The houses are rectangular in shape, with the long-slanted roof with an open platform attached to the main structure. The main dwelling unit is typically dominated by a slanting roof.
The origins of these colours are natural dyes, extracted from trees, flowers, barks and seeds. The accessories of women, although different for all tribes, commonly use bamboo bits available in plenty in the state. The weaving among the Galo tribes of Arunachal Pradesh is a very unique and traditional product which is practiced by the tribe for generations. The Galo people knew of clothes as a means of protecting themselves against the rigorous of the climate. The Galo women of this area are good weavers and they have a good colour choice and artistic designs of their own.
Tai Khamti Textile
“Arunachal Pradesh Tai Khamti Textile” is an age old product of Tai Khamti tribal community of Arunachal Pradesh. There are several refrences available regarding “Arunachal Pradesh Tai Khamti Textile” in Gazetteers ,Govt.documents, reports,articles, Research papers ,History books and Trevelers scripts describing the social ,cultural and traditional value of the Tai Khamti Textile in their daily life.
One of the notable characteristics of Tai Khamti textiles is their intricate and vibrant designs. The weavers incorporate geometric patterns, animal motifs, and traditional symbols into their fabrics, each carrying profound cultural and spiritual significance. Some patterns represent fertility, protection from evil spirits, or blessings luck and prosperity. The all Khampti men traditionally, tie their hair into a large knot, which is supported by a white turban.The Khampti chief wears a Traditional coat made of silk. The Khampti women traditionally tie their hair in the „skyscraper‟ style. The hair is drawn up from the back and the sides in one massive roll, measuring four to five inches in length. This encircled by an embroidered band, the fringed and tasseled end of which hang down behind.
