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FESTIVALS · ARUNACHAL PRADESH · SEPTEMBER

Arunachal Pradesh festivals in September.

3 festivals this month — dates, locations, and travel tips.

Solung Festival

Aalo

Post-harvest festival of the Adi and Galo tribes — buffalo sacrifice, ritual dances, traditional rice beer (apong). 3-5 days of community celebration centred around agricultural gratitude.

First week of September

Solung Festival

Pasighat

Solung is the most significant socio-religious festival for the Adi community in Pasighat, marking the completion of crop sowing and transplanting. The five-day celebration features the Ponung dance performed by women of all ages, animal sacrifices to appease agricultural deities, traditional weapon crafting, narrative songs honouring ancestral stories, and community feasts with locally brewed rice beer shared as a gesture of unity.

September 1–3

Ziro Music Festival

Ziro Valley

India's coolest indie music festival set in the Apatani tribal valley. Camping under stars, craft beer, independent artists from across Asia. Intimate crowd, no corporate sponsors.

Last week of September

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