Title:

Married couple, 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 image shows part of the shepherds wedding ceremony. In the foreground, the groom goes in the crown, in right hand he is holding a sword. On either side are going best men belonging to the family while holding red veil over groom’s head. Behind, The women richly adorned in black outfits characteristic for rabari. In this way, the family of the groom enters the bride's village, where the wedding ceremony takes place. Standing or sitting around the wedding guests are dressed in festive clothes, men - traditionally in white

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; married couple ; dheberiya rabari wedding ; groom

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Source:

part 1, box 9, 0019

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