Ritual structure in an Apatani village
This Apatani ritual structure, with bamboo roof and hardwood front and back walls, is a ritual hut called a nago : a village has two, three or four such huts, each of which belongs to a clan or a group of clans : this small hut is the centre of ritual activity during key events of the Myoko festival...
| Full title: |
Ritual structure in an Apatani village [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 Apatani ritual structure, with bamboo roof and hardwood front and back walls, is a ritual hut called a nago : a village has two, three or four such huts, each of which belongs to a clan or a group of clans : this small hut is the centre of ritual activity during key events of the Myoko festival and during a ritual to placate the soul of the victim of a violent death : as this photograph also shows, Apatanis live in narrow houses approx : 12 x 4 metres, and compact villages in order to use every square metre of land for wet-rice agriculture. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
| Access: |
© 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. |
| Place of Publication: |
India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Apatani River valley. |