Arunachal’s Wancho community sets out to digitise ancient folktales.

The Wanchos have a rich tradition of oral stories, memories, and songs. “The knowledge of the ancestors that have accumulated over generations is a record of life as it has been lived for centuries in this little-known area of the Patkai hills.

The pattern of life is changing rapidly as the district becomes more integrated and accessible to the outside world. Younger people are acquiring new priorities for education and employment, and they have much less time than before to listen to the memories of their parents and grandparents,”

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