Title:

Portrait of the groom. Kachchi rabari wedding (Iconographic document)

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Place of publishing:

Kutch District ; Gudjarat

Date issued/created:

[1992]

Description:

Photography (scan from a slide). Portrait of the groom during the wedding ceremony kachchi rabari. The groom dressed as a king (Raja) in richly decorated jacket with ornate headdress and holding a sword in his right hand. On the back you can see the wedding guests, dressed in festive costumes. Men are traditionally dressed in white, with black and purple turban with patterns - a sign of belonging to a group kachchi rabari

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; kachchi rabari wedding ; portrait of the groom

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Source:

part 1, box 1, 0048

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