Title:

Shrine of kachchi rabari (Iconographic document)

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Place of publishing:

Sanosara ; Kutch District ; Gujarat

Date issued/created:

[1992]

Description:

Photography (scan from a slide). The picture shows several shrines typical for rabaris. They consist of a brick pedestal of about 1.8 to 1 meter, and in front of the 'altar' up to 1 meter with a small niche, in which during ceremonies lights oil lamps. On the rocks are painted signs pointing to Hinduism - the trident, and a clockwise swastika. On one of the pedestals stands figure of rider on a brown horse. This is figure Vachchada Dada. In such places is celebrated nightly rituals connected with singing, playing the drums and dancing trance

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; shrines of shepherds ; kachchi rabari

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Source:

part 2, box 2, 0070

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. 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:

Open