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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Full title: Apatani ritual [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1980.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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