Altar (Image number V.021, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
Although nominally Buddhists, Chakmas also have a strong belief in animism, making offerings to spirits on platforms such as this one, which also has little squares of thread suspended over it, as on Angami Naga women's graves.
| Full title: |
Altar (Image number V.021, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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1926.
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| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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| Online access: |
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| Summary: |
Although nominally Buddhists, Chakmas also have a strong belief in animism, making offerings to spirits on platforms such as this one, which also has little squares of thread suspended over it, as on Angami Naga women's graves. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
1926.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
| Access: |
Image: © 1926, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. |
| Place of Publication: |
Bangladesh -- Chittagong Division -- Bamer Toyichakma. |