View of an Apatani village street
Apatanis live in nuclear families, narrow houses approx : 12 by 4 metres, and compact villages in order to use every square metre of land for wet-rice agriculture : Porches, front and back, extend the living and working area and provide a public viewing gallery, as well : the thatched roof seen here...
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View of an Apatani village street [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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| Summary: |
Apatanis live in nuclear families, narrow houses approx : 12 by 4 metres, and compact villages in order to use every square metre of land for wet-rice agriculture : Porches, front and back, extend the living and working area and provide a public viewing gallery, as well : the thatched roof seen here was sometimes laid on top of split and flattened bamboo more fire-resistant and water-tight, : thatch became less popular by the 1970s, and since the 1990s corrugated iron sheeting has been preferred : another change is that today houses are only about 1 metre above ground, while earlier they were raised up higher : Wooden or concrete steps have been substituted for the notched wooden board leading to the front porch : In other essentials, however, Apatani houses today look like those seen in this photograph : at the far end of this street is a ritual platform, in front of which stands a tall pole, erected during the annual Myoko festival : Cut from hardwood trees and dragged down from the forest, these poles are about 15-20 metres high : Other poles can be seen in the distance. |
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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. |