Nocte Queen Dead | Arunachal's Nocte Queen Dies At 114, Villages Unite for Traditional Rites
114-year-old Phaliam Wangcha, revered as the 'supreme queen' of the eight villages of the Nocte community of Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district bordering Myanmar, breathed her last at Dadam village in Arunachal Pradesh on July 28. Phaliam Wangcha's final journey before she was laid to rest was a unique display of the Nocte community's historic tradition. On Friday, folksmen gathered to honour her legacy with traditional war dances, gun salutes, and age-old rituals befitting a royal queen.
