Apatani woman

85mm · f/1.8 · 1/800s · ISO 160

The Apatanis or, as they call themselves the Tanis, trace their origin as a migratory tribe in the Apatani Plateau in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Today they are settled in the Ziro Valley of the area. The Apatani women have a thick straight line tattooed from the forehead to the top of the nose and five straight line on theie chin.

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