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...

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Full title: Inside an Apatani house [electronic resource] English.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1978.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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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.
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 -- Apatani River valley.