Typical Apatani village 'street'

As Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf discovered, Apatanis live in nuclear families, narrow houses approx : 12 x 4 metres, and compact villages in order to use every square metre of land for wet-rice agriculture : Porches, front and back, extend the living and working area, and provide a public viewing...

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Full title: Typical Apatani village 'street' [electronic resource] English.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1944.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
FURER.
RSA.
PHOTOS.
Subjects:
Apatani (Indic people).
एशिया -- भारत -- अरुणाचल प्रदेश -- निचली सुबनसिरी जिला -- अपतानी नदी घाटी.
Asia -- India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Ziro Tehsil -- Hija -- Apatani River valley.
Apatani
अपतानी जनजाति
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Summary: As Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf discovered, Apatanis live in nuclear families, narrow houses approx : 12 x 4 metres, and compact villages in order to use every square metre of land for wet-rice agriculture : Porches, front and back, extend the living and working area, and provide a public viewing gallery, as well : the thatched roof seen here sometimes was laid on top of split and flattened bamboo more fire-resistant and water-tight, : thatch was abandoned in the 1970s, and since the 1990s corrugated iron sheeting has been preferred : another change is that houses are now only about 1 metre above ground, while in the 1940s they were higher : Wooden or concrete steps have been substituted for the notched wooden board leading to the front porch : In other essentials, however, Apatani houses today look like those seen in this photograph : the tall pole in the background is a babo pole about 15-20 metres high, erected during the Myoko festival.
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1944.
Subjects:
Apatani (Indic people).
एशिया > भारत > अरुणाचल प्रदेश > निचली सुबनसिरी जिला > अपतानी नदी घाटी.
Asia > India > Arunachal Pradesh > Lower Subansiri District > Ziro Tehsil > Hija > Apatani River valley.
Apatani
अपतानी जनजाति
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
FURER.
RSA.
PHOTOS.
Access: © 1944, The Estate of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Nicholas Haimendorf, son of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. ----- Creative Commons (by-nc-nd). -- This image may be used in accord with Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs.
Place of Publication: India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Hija -- Apatani River valley.

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