Gauri Dance, Bhils (Iconographic document) - Demski, Dagnosław (1986)
Photography (scan from a slide). Fragment of a tribal feast of Bhils dedicated to the goddess Gauri. The festival lasts for about 40 days and takes place during the rainy season. Every day a group of men from the tribe is dancing in the next village. The culminating celebration in this region takes place on the outskirts of Udaipur and within a few hours of dancing and playing a scene from tribal mythology, the most of them connected with life of a deity Rai Budiya. At the end, after the procession holy figure of the goddess Gauri is thrown into the water. In the picture you can see the actors and participants of the feast armed with guns, swords and sticks. At the end of performances all follow procession accompanying the image of the goddess Gauri
Keywords: ethnography; social culture; social life; material culture; actors; Gauri Dance; Bhils; Rajasthan; South Asia (India, Pakistan)