Teesta Review: A
Journal of Poetry, Volume 9, Number 1. May 2026. ISSN: 2581-7094
Millo Ankha’s Visual Art
Apatani womenfolk prepare for Eli Baniin- a customary ritual performed when a woman moves to her husband's home. The ritual involves women gathering and carrying baskets of grain from the bride's house to the groom's place. This includes cucumber seeds, ginger saplings, and a coop of fowls. Each member carrying the grain is represented by the different colors and designs of the Galle they wear, which signify the specific clan they married into.
Location:
Hari village, Ziro
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Bio:
Millo Ankha is an indigenous poet and artist from Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh. Her practise is deeply rooted in
indigenous cosmology. Her work frequently explores the intersections of
gender, ecology, and collective memory, utilizing diverse
mediums—including performance, poetry, visuals, and dreams—to engage with
myth-making. She is a founder and member of the AAMA
collective, which consists of women visual artists from Northeast India and
the Darjeeling hills.
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