Distributing rice powder during an Apatani ritual
This Apatani woman is distributing rice powder to people on their porches : Rice powder and rice beer are distributed, as part of a larger network of ritual exchanges, during major ceremonies, including the Myoko festival, which was being celebrated when this photograph was taken : the woman giving...
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Distributing rice powder during an Apatani ritual [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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This Apatani woman is distributing rice powder to people on their porches : Rice powder and rice beer are distributed, as part of a larger network of ritual exchanges, during major ceremonies, including the Myoko festival, which was being celebrated when this photograph was taken : the woman giving the powder wears a skirt with broad bands of colour and a ceremonial white jacket with an embroidered piece on the back, both of which with minor changes, are worn today on similar occasions : She also wears a thick set of necklaces and an aluminium bracelet, as would be the case today : In addition, she has the traditional facial tattoos and nose plugs : at about age five or six, tattoo lines were made by pricking the skin with thorns and then rubbing in a mixture of coal black and cooking oil : One line was drawn from forehead to the tip of the nose, and another five on the chin : about the same age, a young girl's nostrils were pierced and wooden pins inserted : a few years later, when the hole was large enough, wooden plugs, also blackened with soot and oil, were inserted : In 1974, a few years before this photograph was taken, the Apatani Youth Association demanded that these practices be abandoned, and today nose plugs and facial tattoos are only seen on women above 35-40 years of age. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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© 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. |
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India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Apatani River valley. |