Apatani village with ritual platforms

As this photograph shows, Apatanis live in compact villages and narrow houses approx : 12 x 4 metres and owned by nuclear families, in order to use every square metre of land for wet-rice agriculture : In the open space between the two neat rows of houses, here in Hari village, are three ritual plat...

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Full title: Apatani village with ritual platforms [electronic resource] English.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1978.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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Summary: As this photograph shows, Apatanis live in compact villages and narrow houses approx : 12 x 4 metres and owned by nuclear families, in order to use every square metre of land for wet-rice agriculture : In the open space between the two neat rows of houses, here in Hari village, are three ritual platforms, each owned by a different clan or set of clans, : On or near each platform stands a tall pole 15-20 metres high, which is erected during the Myoko festival : On the porches of the houses on the left are a few smaller poles, which are put up to indicate a boy born in the three years since this village last hosted the annual festival : Other poles, for electricity, are visible on the right.
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1978.
Subjects:
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
FURER.
RSA.
PHOTOS.
Access: © 1978, 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 -- Hari -- Apatani River valley.