Bugun

<p>The Buguns (formerly Khowa) are one of the earliest recognized schedule tribes of India, majority of them, inhabiting the Singchung Sub-Division of <a href="/facts/West_Kameng/344Y91RD">West Kameng</a> District of <a href="/facts/Arunachal_Pradesh/4rrSKgGE">Arunachal Pradesh</a>. Buguns live in several exogamous clans. Traditionally, the predominant occupation was agriculture, supported with other allied activities like fishing and hunting, cattle rearing etc. Buguns have their own folklores, songs, dances, music and rituals. A rare bird, the <a href="/facts/Bugun_liocichla/2a3DY4zw">Bugun liocichla</a>, was named after the tribe.
</p><p>They live mainly in the <a href="/facts/Subtropical/gK0KyFUD">subtropical</a> Singchung Administrative Sub-Division of <a href="/facts/West_Kameng/344Y91RD">West Kameng</a> district with its, almost whole, native population under <a href="/facts/Thrizino-Buragaon/gdBGpzpr">6-Thrizino-Buragaon</a> ST Assembly Constituency of the state of <a href="/facts/Arunachal_Pradesh/4rrSKgGE">Arunachal Pradesh</a>.
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