Assam and Nagaland photography tour, India
Journey with us to the tribal villages of Nagaland and to Assam.
Description of Assam and Nagaland photography tour, India
HIGHLIGHTS
Explore the Land of the Anghs • Aoleong Monyü tribal festivals • Photograph Konyak tribal villages • Four days photographing Angami Naga village life • Photograph on the Myanmar border • Remote Longwa village and tattooed tribals • Assamese Vaishnava culture • Majuli, one of the world’s largest river islands • Tea gardens of Assam • Kohima Nagaland’s capital city • Ancient Mishing fishing communities • Life on the Brahmaputra • Weaving, pot making & drumming monks • Calcutta street photography • Magnificent street food, sample and photograph • Flower Markets & River Aarti ceremonies • Mud wrestlers & River Hooghly boat tour
INTRODUCTION
We are thrilled to be heading back to Nagaland, Assam & Calcutta to run our new 15 night/16 day photographic tour in exotic Northeast India. We kick off in the culturally and photographically rich city of Calcutta. This is one of our own favourite cities known for its welcoming friendly inhabitants, fabulous street food and oodles of out of this world street photography. From Calcutta a relatively short flight to the Northeast transports us to Nagaland and Assam, two of India’s remote eight sister states. Once in Nagaland there will be ample opportunity to photograph the ancient spring tribal festival of Aoleong Monyü. During the last four days of our tour based in Mon we will visit some very remote Konyak Naga villages. These series of unique and separate tribal village celebrations are very raw, in their original form and without refinement. The Konyak Naga tribal villages are way out and spread up and beyond the Myanmar border. In addition to visiting several villages around our base main base Mon we will also visit Longwa one of the most remote villages of all.
The mid-part of our tour in Assam provides a wonderful contrast to its Naga neighbour. In Assam we will encounter a wild fusion of Indo Burmese, Mongolian and Aryan influences, a land of red rivers and blue hills, drumming dancing monks and tea plantations. The mighty Bramaputra River defines the Assamese Landscape. We will visit one of the world’s largest river islands where we find the Mishing tribes who originally moved down from mountainous areas such as Arunachal Pradesh. The Mishing are renowned for their unique fishing methods and river navigation prowess. We have been running photographic tours in Nagaland and Assam for ten years now. Throughout this time, we have worked closely with a local guide, who is a talented photographer and excellent organiser. Thanks to his close relationships with the local community, we have been able to create some truly powerful documentary photography.
CALCUTTA STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Calcutta is a superb location for photographers from the riot of the flower bazaar to the clay idol makers’ den, Kumartuli, from the Howrah Bridge to the cremation ghats – it’s the buzz of life. If people and photographing people in their natural environment, crowded bazaars and magnificent street food is what gets you going then Calcutta is not to be missed. We will spend three nights and two whole days exploring a wide variety of locations in the city before heading off on Day 4 to Nagaland.
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Journey with us to the tribal villages of Nagaland and to Assam.
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Both our company and our location guides foster a deep respect for the environment. We visit many National Parks throughout the world and encourage sensitive and sustainable tourism with a 'leave no trace' policy. Our visit to the Kaziranga National Park directly supports the environmental ethos and values of wild life conservation. We encourage and welcome opportunities with our guests to increase environmental awareness and dialogue throughout our trips. In particular, we will promote this opportunity to learn about the work of the IFAW Wildlife Rescue Center situated in the outskirts of Kaziranga National Park in Assam.We consider it a huge privilege to be able to visit the world’s wild places and at all times we endeavour to respect local cultures, the natural beauty and fragile environment. At the beginning of the trip we advise and discuss issues such as appropriate dress, local religious and cultural beliefs, language and exchange, disposal and re-cycling of litter in wild places and local environmental issues.
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Throughout our holiday we will be working alongside with local Indian guides and location experts who also speak English. We travel in small groups often splitting into smaller clusters of two or three persons in order to reduce intrusion on local communities whilst photographing. With a few exceptions when we visit iconic locations, we tend to avoid main tourist areas, concentrating instead on the less visited communities thus economically supporting innovation and a responsible tourism economy. Our photography reflects the special access we have to some less explored locations that local people have shown us. We encourage an immersive approach to the practice of photography and firmly believe that exploration by foot with ample time to engage with place is key, to the success of our trips.
People
We are able work alongside local guides when ever possible throughout our visit. Their knowledge of and respect for, the local environment is unsurpassed. We foster an attitude that promotes responsible tourism as a sustainable development in the countries we visit. We engage with local hospitality, promoting interaction with our hosts and locals throughout this tour. Our time spent visiting traditional villages and families who are engaged in local crafts such as blacksmithing directly supports cultural exchange and the local economy.In Nagaland, we have known and worked with our location experts for many years and as such we get to visit places often unseen by other visitors to the area. We are often treated to insights of cultural tradition and ways of life that would have passed us by. Through fostering sound connections with our hosts and guides we are able educate and gain knowledge about the locality and environment. A particular highlight of this photographic trip is our visit to the Horn Bill Festival. We believe that participating in cultural events such as this helps to engage with tradition and cultivates an awareness of heritage.
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