Distributing rice powder during an Apatani ritual

This Apatani woman is giving a handful of rice powder to the women and children on the porch : Distribution of rice powder, which is eaten, is part of a complex network of exchange practices followed during major Apatani feasts : this occasion is a subu padu, a day-long animal sacrifice used to conf...

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Full title: Distributing rice powder during an Apatani ritual [electronic resource] English.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1978.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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