Koro is an endangered Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Arunachal Pradesh, India, with an estimated six to eight hundred speakers. Khandu Degio, a Koro speaker, describes two varieties of “spirit houses,” sukong-grng and mloyn-fojo, delicate bamboo structures made during rice harvest once or twice a year. The sukong-grng is created to placate and subdue evil, while the mloyn-fojo is created to worship the deity and ensure prosperity.

Videography by Sara Legg and Jillian Reagan
Sound by Alexander Jusdanis
Edited by Sara Legg and Jillian Reagan