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Coronavirus revives age-old anti-epidemic rituals in Arunachal Pradesh

People have decided to seal five entry points in West Siang - Gabu near Logum Jini, Patum near Biru, Piggo near Keak, Hill Geko near Nyorak and Essi Tamen

DAMIEN LEPCHA by DAMIEN LEPCHA
ITANAGAR , March 26, 2020 12:14 am
Ritual in Aalo

Priest Mogi Ori preparing for the ritual in Aalo, West Siang. Image credit - Northeast Now

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The deadly novel Coronavirus has revived age-old anti-epidemic rituals in Arunachal Pradesh.

The civil societies and community-based organizations of Arunachal Pradesh are making all-out efforts to prevent the spread of novel Coronavirus.

Besides, sealing all boundaries and entry points connecting their respective districts, the organizations in the state are also resorting to performing traditional rituals such as ‘Ali-Ternam’ and ‘Motor’ to prevent the spread of the virus.

‘Ali-Ternam’ is a ritual practised by the Galo community since time immemorial during times of epidemic.

It is basically a lockdown of a single village or villages which is observed for a few days or weeks in order to stop the spread of the epidemic.

The ritual is also performed to ward off evil spirits by the villagers.

Led by Galo Welfare Society (GWS), the apex body of the Galo community, the mass ritual of Ali-Ternam got underway at Aalo, the district headquarters of West Siang on Wednesday.

Local priest Mogi Ori will perform the ritual and chant prayers till Thursday and following its completion, there would be a restriction in all kind of movements without exemptions from 5 pm of Thursday until March 28.

All the five different entry points in West Siang district — Gabu near Logum Jini, Patum near Biru, Piggo near Keak, Hill Geko near Nyorak and Essi Tamen would be sealed completely and the people have been urged to cooperate with the society for the successful conduct of the ritual.

A similar ritual performed by the Adi community is called ‘Motor’ and the same was performed in several villages of the Siang district on Wednesday.

The Adis construct gates at the entrance point of villages as a method of warding off epidemics and evil spirits.

Several other villages were also seen blocking their entry points with tree logs and bamboos while some are reportedly not even allowing their kith and kin, especially those coming from other parts of the country to directly enter the villages unless properly quarantined.

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