Object structure
Title:

[Staging of the “Herods”] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1947]

Description:

The photo depicts a group of men disguised as different characters according to roles ascribed to them in the “Herods” play. In the foreground there are “Death”, “Devil” and “Jew” bent over a book. In front of them there is a heap of sand. In the background there are men dressed as kings, soldiers and other characters. The inscription on the back of the photo says: “26 December 1947. The photo depicts my father – Antoni (...) together with his friends. This was a custom associated with Christmas, the so-called “Herods”. The photo was taken in Konopnica by Jan (...)” ; December, the 27th, 194, Konopnica ; The photo sent to the contest named “Photography of the Polish village pre-1948” organized in 1983 by the quarterly “Fotografia” (Photography) and the weekly “Nowa Wieś” (New village). Copy of the photo kept at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (former Institute for the History of Material Culture)

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; spiritual culture ; folklore ; Christmas ; Christmas customs ; Herods [folk Christmas performance] ; folk rites ; folk religiosity ; tradiction ; Konopnica, Lublin district (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

IAiE PAN, no. call 128-3

Source:

IAiE PAN, nr inw. 128-3

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:

European Union. European Regional Development Fund

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