Title:

Dheberiya rabari wedding (Iconographic document)

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Place of publishing:

Tappar ; Kutch District ; Gudjarat

Date issued/created:

[1992]

Description:

Photography (scan from a slide). The bride with face covered by a green-and-orange veil. Colorful veil indicates that the bride is still maiden. Change of the veil from colorful to black with pattern made at the end of the ceremony is a visual sign of recognition of the status of married women. Both - the groom and the bride - are connected to a white cotton rope. This is an important part of the wedding ceremony signifying created bonds of marriage. In the picture is only bride and the Hindu priest (Brahmin Rajgor caste) just before the encirclement of the sacred fire

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; shepherds rabari (dheberiya) ; Hindu wedding ; garments ; bride

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Source:

part 1, box 1, 0012

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