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The Wancho are a tribal people inhabiting the Patkoi Hills of Tirap. They have a population of 35,000. The Tirap district is located in the southeastern part of Arunachal Pradesh. ...

A Naga sub-tribe, they are ethnically related to the Nocte and the Konyak Naga of the Mon and Tirap district. Their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family. The Naga people of about two and half million are found in Nagaland, parts of Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar. ... The Nocte, which literally means village people, is a tribe of a population of 33,000 found in the Patkoi Hills of Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh. ... The Tirap district is located in the southeastern part of Arunachal Pradesh. ... The Tibeto-Burman linguistic subfamily of the proposed Sino-Tibetan language family is spoken in various central and south Asian countries: Myanmar (Burmese language), Tibet (Tibetan language), northern Thailand (Mong language), Nepal, Bhutan, India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and the Ladakh region of...

Religion

Unlike the other Naga, the Wancho are an exception, together with the Nocte and a small minority of the Konyak, still loyally retained the belief of Animism, although small and scattered communities of Baptist Christians are found. Hinduism has little influence on the Wancho tribe, owing to the fact that they live on higher elevations than the Nocte. The Naga people of about two and half million are found in Nagaland, parts of Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar. ... The Nocte, which literally means village people, is a tribe of a population of 33,000 found in the Patkoi Hills of Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh. ... Animism has been used in a number of ways since Edward Tylor used it (in 1871) as a label to define the essence of religion as the belief in spirits (i. ... Baptist churches are part of a Christian movement often regarded as an Evangelical, Protestant denomination. ... The Nocte, which literally means village people, is a tribe of a population of 33,000 found in the Patkoi Hills of Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh. ...

Culture

Tatooing plays a major role among the Wancho tribe. According to tradition, a man is tatooed on his four limbs and his entire face, with the exception of certain regions around the eyes and the lips. The women adorn themselves with necklaces and bangles, along with some light tatooing as well.

Lifestyle

The Wancho are traditionally governed by a council of elderly chieftans, known as Wangchu-Wangcha.

Like most neighbouring tribes, the Wancho construct houses made out of wood and bamboo, and roofs were thatched with dry leaves. Dormitories, known as Murung, where the boys are trained to be men by their fathers. Although the girls do not have dormitories like the boys, they sleep in one big, single house, with the care of an old lady. A typical American college dorm room A dormitory or dorm is a place to sleep. ...

Until 1991, headhunting was practiced among the Naga tribes, and both the government and missionaries have taken steps to ban the practice of headhunting.