Apatani phallic play
These young Apatani men are playing with a bamboo pole cut and shaved to look like a penis the shavings on top are known, by a local euphemism, as the ‘vagina’, : this phallic play is part of a three-week long Apatani feast Murung (Feast of Merit), which involves mithun and cow sacrifice, and comple...
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Apatani phallic play [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1945.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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These young Apatani men are playing with a bamboo pole cut and shaved to look like a penis the shavings on top are known, by a local euphemism, as the ‘vagina’, : this phallic play is part of a three-week long Apatani feast Murung (Feast of Merit), which involves mithun and cow sacrifice, and complex gift-giving between the feast sponsor and various kin and ceremonial friends : a week after the large animal sacrifice, the boys and some girls, and men of the feast sponsor's clan go on a procession : Dressed in ceremonial finery and brandishing their machetes, they walk through the entire Apatani valley only 8 kilometres long and 4 across, visiting all nine villages, and visit each ritual platform in each village : at every platform, they perform a simple dance, after which they are given pieces of meat, rice beer and rice powder to eat, by the local people : the bold ones prepare these bamboo poles and have fun, chasing after girls and teasing each other. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1945.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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© 1945, 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. |