Miejsce wydania:

Allahabad ; Allahabad District ; Uttar Pradesh

Opis:

Święto związane z cyklem Jowisza mające szczególne miejsce, gdzie Jamuna wpada do Gangesu w Allahabad (Prayag) w północnych Indiach, gromadzi co 12 lat kilkadziesiąt milionów pielgrzymów. Hinduistyczne obrzędy oraz rytuały są bardzo rozbudowane i trwają ponad dwa miesiące. Zdjęcia wykonane w 1989 roku

Nazwa:

Brahmin (panda) during the Kumbh mela festival (Iconographic document)

Inne nazwy:

Obrazy Indii i Pakistanu-Kumbha Mela

Typ obiektu:

Ethnographic object

Opis obiektu:

Photo (scan from slide). In the foreground is a brahmana (panda) who records the personal data of pilgrims visiting Allahabad (the Hindu name of the city of Prayag) during the festival of Kumbh mela. Two women who came with the pilgrimage are sitting next to it. The brahmana is waiting for the pilgrims to arrive. This place is considered by the followers of Hinduism to be exceptional for the people. The brahmana offers various services - he writes down the names of pilgrims, checks the names of family members who have visited Allahabad in the past. In addition, he accepts an offering for the deceased family ancestors. The cow calf is considered by some Hindu believers as a good guide to the world of the dead. In the background you can see other pilgrims. This is done during the kumbh mela festival, which takes place in Allahabad every 12 years (after 6 years, the so-called half-mela is held). It is the most numerous festival in Northern India, and the uniqueness of Allahabad is that it lies where the Jamuna flows into the Ganges. The place where the waters merge, and this place is precisely visible in the different colors of the two waters - is considered to be particularly suitable for a bath during kumbh mela.

Autor (rysunku, zdjęcia, rekordu):

Demski, Dagnosław

Data badań:

1989

Numer inwentarzowy:

India part 2, box 4, 0064

Czasopismo/Seria/cykl:

Obrazy Indii i Pakistanu

Szczegółowy typ zasobu:

Photography

Identyfikator zasobu:

oai:rcin.org.pl:230497

Prawa:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license

Zasady wykorzystania:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-SA 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

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:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget. ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Dostęp:

Open