Title:

Groom and best man, dheberiya rabari (Iconographic document)

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Place of publishing:

Tappar ; Kutch District ; Gudjarat

Date issued/created:

[1992]

Description:

Photography (scan from a slide). Groom and best man during the wedding ceremony kachchi rabari. The groom dressed like an ornate King (Raja), the head is decorated with a hat. On the back is the best man - probably the brother of the groom - dressed in white festive attire, traditionally with white turban on his head - a sign of belonging to a group dheberiya rabari. The picture also shows the 'pillars' wedding stacked with copper pots. This are Hindu ceremonial items

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; groom from a group of shepherds dheberiya rabari

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Source:

part 1, box 1, 0052

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