Apatani ritual platform after an execution
This Apatani ritual platform belongs to the Taliang clan in Hong village in the Apatani valley : Piled on top are spears and shields, marking the spot where a thief was recently executed : Having stolen five mithuns and valuables on numerous occasions, Chigi Duyu was condemned to death by a council...
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Apatani ritual platform after an execution [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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This Apatani ritual platform belongs to the Taliang clan in Hong village in the Apatani valley : Piled on top are spears and shields, marking the spot where a thief was recently executed : Having stolen five mithuns and valuables on numerous occasions, Chigi Duyu was condemned to death by a council of men : He was captured, brought to this platform and killed with a machete, after which his body was burned next to the other Apatani ritual structure, a small hut : as Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf explained, a ritual ropi, will now be performed to prevent the dead man's soul from taking revenge on the living : Men and boys will dance around the platform, a shaman will chant and a mithun will be sacrificed : the cost for the mithun was raised by public subscription, each family giving a little rice that was used to buy four cows, which in turn were bartered for one adult mithun. |
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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 -- Hong -- Apatani River valley. |