Apatani shaman chanting during an animal sacrifice
This man is Chige Nyime, an Apatani shaman (nyibu). Here he is chanting to an unseen mithun before it is sacrificed. As Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf explained in his diary, this sacrifice was done in his honour: ‘…the priest began a long incantation, accentuating every phrase with a forward lung...
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Apatani shaman chanting during an animal sacrifice [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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