Title:

Altar for Vachchada dada, kachchi rabari (Iconographic document)

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Place of publishing:

Bhujodi ; Kutch District ; Gudjarat

Date issued/created:

[1992]

Description:

Photography (scan from a slide). The shrine in honor of the male deity Vachchada dada night before the ceremonies connected with singing and dancing of shepherds kachchi rabari. In the picture you can see wooden statues depicting a rider on horseback. Before them lying a coconut pieces - sacrifices for the deity. These are the elements belonging to the Hindu folk ceremonial. Before the shrine sits a man with a beard dressed in white and red turban - the master of night ceremony (bhopa). Every day shrine is closed, here the door are open

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; male folk deities ; Vachchada dada ; kachchi rabari

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Source:

part 1, box 12, 0023

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