From guzzling orange juice to going off-roading and taking in a variety of music, the festival has solidified its position.
When our plane landed at Dibrugarh airport in Assam, we could only see one strip of concrete that was the runway, while the rest of it was brimming with greenery, hinting at what the rest of the days in the North East would look like. The travel from the airport to Dambuk, Arunachal Pradesh—which played host to the Orange Festival of Music and Adventure last December—began in a long and bumpy bus ride full of scenic views with patches of low lying clouds. Right from arriving at the farthest airport in the country to the second longest bridge,
Bomjir slowly arrived by the end of the night. The long commute meant we arrived by the end of Day 1 and left before the end of the festival, missing a few important hours of performances. While documenting a festival, it’s ideal to stay closer to the venue grounds to interact with people and musicians. There was basic stay and accommodation available for the artists and the festival attendees, at the festival camping grounds in Dambuk and we were hosted at Bomjir, roughly a half-hour drive away from the venue, in a more comfortable tent setup. The view outside the tent was beautiful, with a river flowing by and a long stretch of mountains in the distance. The day began at 9:30 AM with a view of oranges being sold in bamboo bags outside the camp.
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