Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival

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About Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival

The first-ever PPHF was held in 2015.
The aim was to recognise the role played by the Nyishi tribal group in conserving hornbills in Pakke Tiger Reserve (PTR).
Other objectives were to raise alternative sources of income for the region and to create awareness in the rest of India about the wonders of PTR and its surrounding areas.
This year, the festival’s theme is Domutoh Domutoh, Paga hum Domutoh. It translates to ‘Let Our Hornbills Remain’ in the Nyishi language.
This year’s festival aims to underscore the critical need for preserving these iconic birds.

Key points about Pakke Tiger Reserve

It is located in the East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.
It is surrounded by the Tenga Reserve Forest to the North, Doimara Reserve Forest on the West, Nameri National Park and Tiger Reserve (Assam) on the South.
The landscape has high species diversity and endemicity as it forms the transition zone between the Indian and Malayan eco-regions.
It is situated North of the river Brahmaputra in the transition zone between the Assam plains and the hilly forests of Arunachal Pradesh.
Vegetation: It consists of tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forest.
Flora: Polyalthia simiarum, Pterospermum acerifolium, Sterculia alata, Stereospermum chelonioides, Ailanthus grandis and Duabanga grandiflor. About eight species of bamboo occur in the area.
Fauna: Tiger, Elephant, predators like Leopard and Clouded leopard etc.

Q1) Who are Nyishi tribal people ?

They are people of eastern Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh, a mountainous state in northeastern India. They speak the Tibeto-Burman language of the Sino-Tibetan family. The Nyishi support themselves with slash-and-burn agriculture and with hunting and fishing.

Source: Arunachal Pradesh’s Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival gears up for its 9th Edition