Apatani shaman and crowd at an animal sacrifice
This young mithun is tethered to the back porch of an Apatani house, where it will be killed as part of a ritual : the altar, where the sacrifice will take place, is the low, wooden structure, with a bamboo pole, decorated with shavings, visible behind the animal's head : Standing on the porch...
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Apatani shaman and crowd at an animal sacrifice [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. |
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This young mithun is tethered to the back porch of an Apatani house, where it will be killed as part of a ritual : the altar, where the sacrifice will take place, is the low, wooden structure, with a bamboo pole, decorated with shavings, visible behind the animal's head : Standing on the porch above the animal, a crowd has gathered : In the centre, to the right of the pole is the shaman : although the context is unclear, the ritual is probably a minor version of the Murung (Feast of Merit), known as subu taniin, which sometimes occurs in March, when this photograph was taken : the narrow space between houses is typical of the densely populated villages that were an adaptation to the local environment : Devoting every available metre of land to wet-rice agriculture, Apatanis lived in crowded settlements, narrow houses and nuclear families. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1962.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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© 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. |
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India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Apatani River valley. |