Multitudes of tribes have settled down in the soils of Arunachal Pradesh. Amongst them, The Nishing tribes are the largest groups, mainly found in every nook of the provinces of Lower Subansiri district. Nishing tribes have developed a special way of decking up themselves. No one fails to identify a Nishing due his or her special apparel. Usually, male Nishing keep their hair quite long and also tie the hair locks in a tight knot just above the forehead.

This knotted hair near forehead is called Padum richly goes with the cane bands. On his head, a Nishing tribe also wears Bopia , which is a neatly embroidered `cane cap`. The looks of the Nishing also nicely gets emphasized due to his manner of smoking of a pipe in his mouth and also an elongated `bladed knife`, popularly known as Dao. Usually, the Nishing tribes wear cane bands just round their waists. They had the peculiar belief that after death, his spirit moves to the `village of the ancestors`.

Belonging to the Indo- Mongoloid group, the Nishing tribes follow the languages of the same family.

Unlike most of the tribes of Indian Territory, the villages where the Nishing tribes live are seldom found in groups. As far as their main occupations of the Nishing tribes are concerned, they are quite habituated with both hunting and fishing. In these two aspects they surpass any other adjoining tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. Because of the lack of plenty of appropriate land for wet rice cultivation, the Nishing tribes are almost completely depending on `slash and burn cultivation`, which is commonly known as `Jhoom Cultivation`. Quite a handful of Nishing tribes grow ardently the dry rice on the sides of the hilly region.

The cultural exuberance is rightly being explicated in various elements like music, festivals, lifestyles etc. They have also developed tastes for sumptuous food also. Opo, which is commonly known as "Apong", is a very famous drink and irrespective of male and female, everyone enjoys having them to their hearts` content.

Festivals and also social rites and rituals are integrated life of Nishing tribe. The Nyukum festival, which is celebrated every year with pomp and gaiety during the month of February, is one of the important festivals of the Nishing tribe. Artistic fervor of a Nishing tribe is also a well-known fact amongst all the people of Indian subcontinent. One can catch hold of both men and women carrying a nicely embroidered `cane basket` These baskets are called egin , widely used by the tribal people for various purposes in their day to day living.