Inside an Apatani house
Apatani houses typically have two hearths, one in front for cooking and one at the back for rituals : this is a front hearth, where men and women gather, talk and drink rice beer : above the hearth are racks for drying firewood and meat and for storing items : at the rear hearth invisible here, an i...
| Full title: |
Inside an Apatani house [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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| Summary: |
Apatani houses typically have two hearths, one in front for cooking and one at the back for rituals : this is a front hearth, where men and women gather, talk and drink rice beer : above the hearth are racks for drying firewood and meat and for storing items : at the rear hearth invisible here, an important ritual is taking place : the man on the far right has a modern hair style, clothes, shoes and socks, while the man behind him wears his hair in the traditional style knot with skewer. |
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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 -- Apatani River valley. |