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Title
People dancing, Mbozi, Tanzania, 1934
Creator
Hauffe, Werner, 1909-1982
Date Created and/or Issued
1934-05
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de
Moravian Archives
Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/
Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Begrüssungstanz der Gemeinde Mbozi zur Rückkehr Geschw. Tietzen's aus Europa nach Mbozi 1934. Der Tanz findet im Hofe der Station statt." ("Welcome dance of the Mbozi community celebrating the return of Brethren Tietzen from Europe to Mbozi in 1934. The dance performance is taking place in the station's courtyard.") Men, women and children (with their backs to the photographer) are dancing. Some of them are holding sticks in their hands. In the background: a forest.
Cf. photo nos. 10610 and 10736. -- Brethren Tietzen returned to Tanzania on the 1st of May, 1934. -- Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa. -- Werner Hauffe (1909-1982) was a carpenter and later a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. From 1933 to 1939, he served in Rungwe, Utengule and Isoko. In Utengule, he was an assistant to Brother Gemuseus. In 1937, he married Irmgard Wolff.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic print, 8.9 x 6.5 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11528 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10609
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11528
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10609.jpg
Subject
Dance
Group portraits
Time Period
1934-05
Place
Africa
Mbozi
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 5
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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