Apatani landscape of paddy fields
This landscape of the Apatani valley shows paddy fields in the foreground : Wet-rice agriculture is the Apatanis’ main food production system : Nearly every metre of level land is devoted to paddy cultivation, mostly the flooded plots, seen here, in the centre of the valley that produce two varietie...
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Apatani landscape of paddy fields [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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| Summary: |
This landscape of the Apatani valley shows paddy fields in the foreground : Wet-rice agriculture is the Apatanis’ main food production system : Nearly every metre of level land is devoted to paddy cultivation, mostly the flooded plots, seen here, in the centre of the valley that produce two varieties : another, early ripening variety grown on dry land is more labour intensive and less popular as food : taking advantage of the slightly southward sloping landscape, Apatanis irrigate the fields by building bunds at carefully graded heights : Into these caked mud walls, they insert wood sluices, hollowed out from the heavy trunks of hardwood trees, which are cut and carried down the high slopes of the surrounding mountains : apatanis also use nursery beds for millet as well as rice, small hoes and sickles but no animals, machines or wells : the paddy fields stand in the centre not only of the valley but of local culture, too : Four months are named after rice varieties or stages in their cultivation. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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© 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. |
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India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Apatani River valley. |