Tytuł:

Gauri Dance, Bhils (Iconographic document)

Twórca:

Demski, Dagnosław

Miejsce wydania:

Udaipur ; Udaipur District ; Rajasthan

Data wydania/powstania:

[1986]

Opis:

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 image of the goddess Gauri on the black elephant. Sculpture of the goddess is dressed in ceremonial robes, and above it appears red roof of canopy. During the procession the figure of the goddess is carried by men, and the view of its causes respect and devotion. One of the men is fanning her with broom made of white hair

Typ obiektu:

Ethnographic object

Temat i słowa kluczowe:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; the image of the goddess Gauri ; Gauri Dance ; Bhils ; Rajasthan ; South Asia (India, Pakistan)

Typ zasobu:

Obraz

Szczegółowy typ zasobu:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Źródło:

part 2, box 1, 0019

Prawa:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Zasady wykorzystania:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitalizacja:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Lokalizacja oryginału:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Dofinansowane ze środków:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Dostęp:

Open