Title:

Rural architecture and garments

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Description:

Fotografie przedstawiające mieszkańców Gudżartu i Radżistanu oraz pakistańskiej prowincji Sind. Szeroki wybór zdjęć przedstawia krajobraz, budynki, przestrzenie wiejskie, portrety, wybrane obrzędy, ubiory codzienne jak i odświętne oraz ikonografię. Wykonano je w latach 1989, 1992, 1994 i 1996. Jest to zapis pracy etnografa, jak również miejsc – wsi i świątyń, w których był przyjmowany prof. Dagnosław Demski. Zdjęcia stanowią cenny zapis zmiany profesji, porzucenie starych zabudowań oraz zmianę tradycyjnego ubioru

Name:

Bhed Mata Celebration (Iconographic Document)

Other names:

Obrazy Indii i Pakistanu-Pasterze rabari

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Object description:

The photo shows the inside of the shrine in honor of Mommai Mata (here they are also called Bhed Mata). Inside, you can see the image of the goddess Mommai Mata, dressed in a festive coat, the same as the Rabari women. On the head of the figure, the eyes and the crown (?) are marked. On the left side you can see the sign of the trident (the sign of Siva) painted with ocher on the stone. On the left there are two small metal tridents (trishul) and on the right there are two larger ones. Metal vessels and metal bells stand in front of the goddess's legs. There are red canvases next to it. The red sign is associated with holiness. The nightly ceremonies in honor of Mommai mata take place in Chakar, actually in the valley outside the village. The ceremony took place during a full moon and lasted all night from dusk to sunrise. Singing and dancing to the accompaniment of drums lasted until morning. The ceremony was attended mainly by kachchi shepherds from nearby villages, but also dheberiya rabari.

Author (of drawing, photo, record):

Demski, Dagnosław

Data:

1992

Accession number:

India part 3, box 23, 0007

Subject and Keywords:

rabari shepherds (kachchi ; dheberiya) ; rituals (jatar) ; shrine

Relation:

Obrazy Indii i Pakistanu

Resource type:

Image

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-SA 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

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:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget. ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open