Apatani village and paddy fields
This village is Hija, one of nine villages that sit on the perimeter of the Apatani valley, squeezed between paddy fields and mountains : Given the need to conserve every available metre of land for wet-rice production, Apatanis live in densely populated villages similar to this : In 1962, the year...
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Apatani village and paddy fields [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1962.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
| Subjects: |
Asia
-- India
-- Arunachal Pradesh
-- Lower Subansiri District
-- Ziro Tehsil
-- Hija
-- Apatani River valley.
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| Summary: |
This village is Hija, one of nine villages that sit on the perimeter of the Apatani valley, squeezed between paddy fields and mountains : Given the need to conserve every available metre of land for wet-rice production, Apatanis live in densely populated villages similar to this : In 1962, the year Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf took this photograph, he reported that this village contained 433 houses : We can also see that the houses are crowded together in regular rows and that they are considerably smaller than those of their near neighbours : apatanis live in nuclear families and in houses approximately 12-15 metres long and 2 to 4 metres wide. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1962.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
| Access: |
© 1962, 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 -- Hija -- Apatani River valley. |