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[A young couple and wedding guests] [An iconographic document]
Description:The photo depicts a group of people of different ages in festive clothes. They are posing for the photo in front of a large brick building and wooden door (to a barn?). The newlywed couple is sitting in the middle of the group: the woman in a white dress and a veil; the man in a suit with a bow in the lapel of his jacket. Some women are dressed in regional costumes. In the first row, half laying on the ground, there are three men with musical instruments ; The photo sent to the contest named “Photography of the Polish village pre-1948” organized in 1983 by the quarterly “Fotografia” (Photography) and the weekly “Nowa Wieś” (New village). Copy of the photo kept at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (former Institute for the History of Material Culture)
Type of object: Subject and Keywords:ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; woman ; man ; wedding ; marriage ; wedding customs ; family ; social bonds ; musician ; musical instruments ; regional costume ; clothing
Resource type: Detailed Resource Type: Format: Source: Rights:Rights Reserved - Restricted Access
Terms of use: Digitizing institution:Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Original in:Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Projects co-financed by:Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund
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