Title:

Dheberiya rabari wedding (Iconographic document)

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Place of publishing:

Tappar ; Kutch District ; Gudjarat

Date issued/created:

[1992]

Description:

Photography (scan from a slide). The image shows part of the shepherds wedding ceremony. In the foreground is a sacred fire, around which sits a young couple, Brahmin (rajgor) leading the ceremony and the wedding guests. Young couple is tied with white cord goes around the fire four times, which is a part of the wedding ceremony. Before the fire is a metal plate with accessories needed to celebrate a Hindu ritual. Before him sits the three children in traditional festive clothes. Standing or sitting around the other wedding guests

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; married couple ; dheberiya rabari wedding

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Source:

part 1, box 9, 0050

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