Popir

The Adi tribal community of Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh holds a festival to propitiate Mopin, the deity of prosperity. One of the important part of the festival is the sacrifice of a Mithun, a kind of animal peculiar to this region. The sacrifice is followed by a dance called Popir. The Mopin priest leads the dance and three or four dancers follow him. The Popir dancers use costumes made of bamboo earrings and leaves, sprinkled with rice-powder. They also wear shawls and flower decorations