Apatani shaman and crowd at an animal sacrifice
Man in the centre is an Apatani shaman conducting a ritual : He is not the senior shaman of this ritual, however, because he does not wear a special headdress, large hoop earrings or small piece of bamboo in his hair knot : He wears instead a man's ceremonial jacket, shawl and bracelet, plus th...
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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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Man in the centre is an Apatani shaman conducting a ritual : He is not the senior shaman of this ritual, however, because he does not wear a special headdress, large hoop earrings or small piece of bamboo in his hair knot : He wears instead a man's ceremonial jacket, shawl and bracelet, plus the typical cane belt and hair knot, with a string of metal beads on the hair line : He is chanting, having just twisted the head off a chicken the head is in his right hand, the body in his left, : although not visible in this photograph, the main sacrificial animal is a mithun : the context is unclear, but 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. |
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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. |