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The Nocte Digest

Welcome to the Nocte Digest!

"An ocean of knowledge on the exotic Nocte tribe"

About the Noctes

Who are the Noctes?

What are the Noctes famous for?

Where do the Noctes live?

Nocte is a major tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, whose ancestry can be traced back to the Hukong Valley in Myanmar. Their language falls within Tibeto-Burman group.

Where do the Noctes live?

What are the Noctes famous for?

Where do the Noctes live?

With a population of more than 1,00,000, the Noctes live in the Patkai Hills of Tirap and Rajanagar in Changlang. A hundred families migrated to Assam in the 1800s and now live in Pontuan, Naharkatia.

What are the Noctes famous for?

What are the Noctes famous for?

What are the Noctes famous for?

The Nocte tribe is known for their chieftainship practice, administrative skills with grassroot level of democracy, salt trade, flintlock rifles, wood crafts, rich culture and head-hunting.

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Former Home, Finance and Supplies Minister

Government of Arunachal Pradesh

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Wangpha Lowang

Former Health and Education Minister

Former Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)

Government of Arunachal Pradesh

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Chief of Borduria

MLA of Borduria-Bogapani Constituency

Former Speaker and Minister

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PhD (Linguistics) and Assistant Professor

Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies

Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh

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Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh

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Government of Arunachal Pradesh

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Artist and Former Legislature

Khonsa West, Tirap Arunachal Pradesh

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MA, M.Phil (North-East Indian History)

Assistant Professor, Department of History

Wangcha Rajkumar Govt. College, Deomali

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Assistant Professor 

Department of Economics

Wangcha Rajkumar Govt. College

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Department of English,

Wangcha Rajkumar Govt. College


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Juruh is a community fishing event observed by the Nocte tribe. It is done in the month of April. Concoction paste extracted from tree barks function as a temporary hypnosis agent resulting in bounty fish harvest, mostly fishing nets are employed by the villagers. 

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