Group of dancers (Image number T.091, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
The Nonkrem ceremony takes place in late spring at the palace of the Syiem (ruler) of Khyrim, when he invokes blessings for successful crops. It is the most important ceremony of the Khasi year. The photograph shows one of the dances. The girls must all be virgins, and as they dance, taking tiny ste...
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Group of dancers (Image number T.091, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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1928.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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