Title:

Hindu shrine, kachchi rabari (Iconographic document)

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Place of publishing:

Sanosara ; Kutch District ; Gujarat

Date issued/created:

[1992]

Description:

Photography (scan from a slide). The photo shows one of the shrines typical for rabaris. It consists of a brick pedestal of about 1.8 to 1 meter, and in front of the 'altar' up to 1 meter with a small niche, in which during the rituals lit oil lamps. The stones are painted in signs pointing to Hinduism - trident, and a triangle with red dots (the sign of the goddess), and a camel figure - a sign of belonging to a group of rabaris. In such a place celebrated nightly rituals combined with singing, playing the drums and trance dancing

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; Hindu shrine ; kachchi rabari

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Source:

part 1, box 8, 0028

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

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

Access:

Open