Tytuł:

Kumbha Mela (Iconographic document)

Twórca:

Demski, Dagnosław

Miejsce wydania:

Allahabad ; Allahabad District ; Uttar Pradesh

Data wydania/powstania:

[1989]

Opis:

Photography (scan from a slide). The views from the Kumbha Mela rite of. In the foreground you can see the trident, followed by the street and the gate leading into the celebration of festival. This is done during the Kumbha Mela festivals that take place in Allahabad every 12 years (after 6 years is done so called semi-mela). This is the most numerous festival in northern India, and Allahabad uniqueness lies in the fact that it lies at the point where the Yamuna flows into the Ganges. Place the merging of the waters, and precisely place where can be seen the different colors of both water - it is considered particularly auspicious for bathing during the Kumbha mela

Typ obiektu:

Ethnographic object

Temat i słowa kluczowe:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; Kumbha Mela festival ; Allahabad (India)

Typ zasobu:

Obraz

Szczegółowy typ zasobu:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Źródło:

part 1, box 12, 0005

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