Totos are one of the most primitive communities in the world and this isolated tribal group resides only in Totopara at the foot of the Himalayas just to the borderline between West Bengal and Bhutan. Totos live in elevated bamboo huts raised on machas (raised platforms), and have straw thatches. The Totopara name comes from the toto community and the place located on the fringe of Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary. Toto Para, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India.

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