Rebuilding an Apatani house
Given their building materials and construction--a bamboo roof over open hearths--Apatani houses frequently burn down : Fires also quick spread because houses are packed closely together in compact villages : Sometimes an entire village, with several hundred houses, burns down : a new house is usual...
| Full title: |
Rebuilding an Apatani house [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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| Summary: |
Given their building materials and construction--a bamboo roof over open hearths--Apatani houses frequently burn down : Fires also quick spread because houses are packed closely together in compact villages : Sometimes an entire village, with several hundred houses, burns down : a new house is usually built, with the help of ceremonial friends, within three to five days : In this photograph, one of several destroyed houses is being rebuilt : Hardwood pillars and posts are needed : Dozens of long bamboo poles are used for the floor and railings, and when split and flattened, for the walls and roof : By the 1990s, corrugated iron sheeting was beginning to replace thatch and bamboo on the roof. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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© 1978, 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 -- Apatani River valley. |