Miji
The Miji, also known by the names of Sajolang and Damai, inhabit in the districts of West Kameng and East Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh. Their population of 5,000 are found near the lower parts of the sub-Himalayan hills bordering Assam. Combining ancestry of their Tibetan and Assamese counterparts, most Assamese posses a reddish-red and fair complexion. Isolated from the rest of the world, they sustain their livehood through shifting agriculture. Yet simple, the dress of the Miji reflects elegant styles. The women wear an ankle-length white garment with another additional external beautifully decorated red jacket. Large silver ring-shaped earrings and coloured necklaces, usually made of jade serves as the principal ornaments for the women. A fillet of silver chains may also be worn around the head by the richer women, and pine-resin is sometimes extracted to manufacture indigenious cosmetics. The Miji are followers of the Animistic Donyi-Polo faith, although some Buddhist influence is evident in their rituals. Of late, they have subtly adopted the Roman script, owing to the fact that they do not have a script on their own.
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