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Title
Dancing priests at the celebration of Timkat, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
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
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany
Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
Hermannsburg Mission
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Description
"Die zwei Glieder der Priester tanzen gegeneinander an. Der eine Priester, der Dritte im rechten Glied vom Beschauer aus hat eine Klapper zum Taktschlagen in der Hand" ("The two rows of priests are dancing against each other. One priest, the third in the right row [viewn] from the spectator holds a rattle for beating time in the hand"). Two rows of ca. 8 Ethiopian priests dressed in cloaks, with headdresses, and sticks. The first in the left row is holding a kebero [church drum], the third in the right row a sistrum [rattling instrument]. In the background a crowd, to the right a man with a big kebero.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 13.8 x 8.7 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m59538 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-ELM-AE-518.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59538
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-518.jpg
Subject
General views
Religious practice
Clergy
Dancers
Musical instruments
Music
Place
Addis Abeba
Africa
Ethiopia
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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