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Welcome to the RIWATCH GLAM project!

Introduction

Research Institute of World's Ancient Traditions, Cultures and Heritage (RIWATCH) is a non-profit community based organisation and cultural research institute of North East India, located in the village of Khinjili near the town of Roing at Lower Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. It has a ethnographic museum focusing on the culture and tradition of Arunachal Pradesh and North East India at large. It also has a collection of images, audio and video files depicting the rich cultural tradition of different tribes and indigenous people of the region. Contributions occur in several projects like Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. All are welcome to get to know and contribute to the dissemination of contents!

This GLAM is associated with a partnership between Center for Internet and Society - Access to Knowledge, West Bengal Wikimedians User Group and Research Institute of World’s Ancient Traditions, Cultures and Heritage.

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Gallery

Group of Mishmi people photographed by Benjamin Simpson in 1860
Young girl from Idu-MIshmi tribe in 1937
An elderly Adi women leading a folk song
Maiwa Khohum is a headgear worn by Wangcho tribe in Arunachal Pradesh, made of bamboo & wild boar teeth
Podum is a headgear of worn by Nyishi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh, made of bamboo & horn-bill beak

How to help?

On Wikipedia:
- Create or improve articles associated with this project - for example: en:Apatani people.
- Illustrate articles with images uploaded under the RIWATCH GLAM, where relevant
On Wikimedia Commons:
- Categorize images uploaded under the RIWATCH GLAM
- Help with the development and documentation of this project
On Wikidata:
- Create or improve data entries associated with entities related to this project - for example: Q111307990.