Apatani acrobatics
Every year in March, when this photograph was taken, Apatanis celebrate the Myoko festival : tall poles 15-20 metres high, are put up on or near the ritual platforms in the village that is playing host that year : Smaller poles are also put up on house porches, one for each boy born during the three...
| Full title: |
Apatani acrobatics [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
| Subjects: |
Asia
-- India
-- Arunachal Pradesh
-- Lower Subansiri District
-- Hari Tehsil
-- Hari
-- Apatani River valley.
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| Online access: |
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| Summary: |
Every year in March, when this photograph was taken, Apatanis celebrate the Myoko festival : tall poles 15-20 metres high, are put up on or near the ritual platforms in the village that is playing host that year : Smaller poles are also put up on house porches, one for each boy born during the three years since that village last hosted the festival : two of those smaller poles are visible here, on the left : Centre stage, however, is the man performing on the thick cane rope tied between two of the taller poles. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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| 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. |