[Fancy dress ball in Viceregal Lodge, Simla.] Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Inscription: Photographer's stamp, blind embossed at bottom left. View from the gallery, looking down onto guests gathered in the ballroom in 18th-century dress.
Tea party given by the Press Information Bureau: Mr. Iyengar, E. M. B., Mr. Chari, Mr. Joyce, Mr. Kabad and Mr. Newham, 1946 Cabinet Mission to India. Photographer: Unknown
Tsewang Rigzin of Sagnam, piercing his throat with a metal skewer and preparing to perform a sword dance, Sagnam, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'The late Tsewang Rigzin, meme (head) Buchen from the village of Sagnam, piercing his throat with a metal skewer and preparing to perform a sword dance. During the dance he will leap on to the tips of swords placed under his belly, his armpits or in his mouth. This p...
Wedding festivities at Kibber, Spiti Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'Wedding celebrations in Kibber. All through the nights of the wedding, men and women drink and dance to the sound of drums, women singing and the wailing of a sunna, a Himalayan 'oboe.' The dancers carry money, which is given to the musicians at the end of the dan...