Title:

Wedding altar. Kachchi rabari (Iconographic document)

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Place of publishing:

Kutch District ; Gudjarat

Date issued/created:

[1992]

Description:

Photography (scan from a slide). Fragment of a wedding ceremony kachchi rabari shepherds. In the picture there are elements of the Hindu ceremony - two metal plates (bowls). On the bigger one lie unpacked food. On the smaller - the lamp for the incense, and rice and grain. Next on the left lies woolen bag, in which the priest brought the materials he needed. Set them on the ground right next to the earlier drawn mark. This place will be the center of the wedding ceremony, around which the young couple will four times bypass. This is a very important part of the ceremony

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; kachchi rabari wedding ; wedding altar

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Source:

part 1, box 1, 0043

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 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:

Closed