Apatani ritual
The man on the left is holding a gourd with strips of bamboo, with which he is gesturing toward a sacrificial cow during the Myoko festival celebrated in March each year. He is chanting, and he may be a shaman, although this is not clear. In the centre stands an altar made of bamboo and decorated wi...
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Apatani ritual [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1980.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. FORMATS. PHOTOS. RSEA. FURER. ILOA. |
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| Summary: |
The man on the left is holding a gourd with strips of bamboo, with which he is gesturing toward a sacrificial cow during the Myoko festival celebrated in March each year. He is chanting, and he may be a shaman, although this is not clear. In the centre stands an altar made of bamboo and decorated with bamboo shavings and egg shells. The enclosure and the altar belong to a clan, and each family in that clan brings a pig to this location to be blessed before it is killed. The sacrifice of the cow (and the calf to the right) is unusual and may be the result of a specific request in this year. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1980.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. FORMATS. PHOTOS. RSEA. FURER. ILOA. |
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© 1980, 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 valley. |