About the Book: Beads of Arunachal Pradesh: Emerging Cultural Context
Beads of Arunachal Pradesh: Emerging Cultural Context describes the cultural
importance of different beads among the people of North-East India in general
and Arunachal Pradesh in particular. The tradition of beads has been embedded in
the lives of the people of North East from time immemorial. The continuing
popularity of beads have led to the manufacturing of spurious products. Despite
the onslaught of globalisation even in rural areas, the popularity of beads has
not diminished among the people. Beads are used as a bartering item and usually
take the place of money even now. The