Ritual dance in rural Karnataka
This ritual takes place over several days in a shrine or a temple dedicated to local deities, many of whom are deified humans. The centrepiece is the dance of the medium who, wearing a ring of cut palm leaves, impersonates the deity and speaks to the crowd, which is what the man in the centre holdin...
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Ritual dance in rural Karnataka [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1953.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. FORMATS. PHOTOS. RSEA. FURER. ILOA. |
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