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Title: Divinity dance of buddhists in Paryat Hills, India, ca.1920-1929
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1920/1929
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
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Description: View of five people, in elaborate costumes, performing a dance of religious significance in an exterior square. The costumes represent different Buddhist deities and the performance is watched by three monks in the background, two sitting on steps leading up to a building and one sitting next to the building entrance. ❧ This photograph belongs to an album of mixed photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa
Type: image
Format: Photographic prints, 11 x 14.5 cm.
Identifier: impa-a-nls-75638621-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78580
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75638621-1.jpg
Subject: Costumes (character dress)
Indigenous peoples
Buddhism
Dance
Religious ceremonies
Time Period: circa 1920/1929
Place: Asia
India
Source: Acc.7548/F/4 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75638619 [File]

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