Fake Governor Visit

July 31, 2009 | Category: Arunachal Pradesh, India, Volunteering | by: Heather

Here’s a bunch of pictures from the day the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh called to say he was stopping by to visit our community. So everyone spent the whole morning cleaning, cutting grass, pruning stuff, washing everything, mending, decorating, practicing dancing, and just generally getting ready for an important visitor, laughing all the while. The ladies even decided to dress me up like a traditional Monpa woman – not the most comfortable everyday wear! In the end, the governor never showed up…in fact we saw his entourage arrive at the Lumla helipad, and then a helicopter came and whisked them away. Maybe he looked down on this beautiful little community from the top of that mountain with some binoculars before he was gone?  37 photos.

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