Prominent Apatanis in an airplane
When Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf visited the Apatani valley in 1962, he arrived by Dakota airplane from Jorhat in Assam : an airstrip had been built in the flat paddy fields in the mid 1950s and was used to supply the government officers and soldiers posted there with food and other necessities...
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Prominent Apatanis in an airplane [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1962.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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When Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf visited the Apatani valley in 1962, he arrived by Dakota airplane from Jorhat in Assam : an airstrip had been built in the flat paddy fields in the mid 1950s and was used to supply the government officers and soldiers posted there with food and other necessities : Here we see three prominent Apatanis : Nani Sala right, in airplane, and Padi Lalyang looking inside the airplane, were the two most powerful political leaders among Apatanis in the mid-twentieth century : Kago Bida left, in airplane, was a shaman and also an influential man of the period : Padi Lalyang and Kago Bida, both of whom wear their hair with the traditional knot and skewer, were especially close to Fürer-Haimendorf during his first visit in the 1940s : Nani Sala and Kago Bida wear 'modern' hats : all three wear the red jackets given by the government to 'village headmen.' Some or all of them may have flown back with him to Assam : In any case, all of them clearly enjoyed the novelty of the airplane. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1962.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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© 1962, 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. |