Gori Village

Gori Village is a traditional Galo tribal village located near Basar in Leparada District, Arunachal Pradesh. Set amid paddy fields, forested hills and streams, it is known for its preserved Galo heritage, stilt houses and community-based rural tourism initiatives. The village offers visitors insight into indigenous agricultural practices, handicrafts and daily life, and is promoted as a model heritage village within the Basar cultural circuit.

Visitors can expect a rural hillside settlement with traditional Galo stilt houses made of bamboo and wood, surrounded by terraced paddy fields, bamboo groves and forested slopes. The village has narrow earthen paths, small kitchen gardens and community spaces. Visitors can observe daily agricultural activities, traditional handicrafts and weaving, interact with local residents, and walk through fields and nearby streams. Homestays and guided village walks are available in parts of the village.

Gori is a long-established Galo tribal settlement in the Basar area of central Arunachal Pradesh. The village reflects traditional Galo settlement patterns and agrarian history and has been developed as a model heritage village to preserve indigenous architecture and farming systems.

The village is inhabited by the Galo tribe and reflects Donyi-Polo beliefs and Galo cultural traditions. It showcases traditional stilt-house architecture, indigenous paddy-cum-fish cultivation, handloom weaving and handicrafts, and is associated with Galo festivals such as Mopin. It is promoted as part of Basar's community-based cultural tourism.