From Erode: On Mr. Barton Wright's estate. Pulliyans with miniature bulls carried on poles by two men. Meanwhile the women leapt like bacchantes with flying hairs. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
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Genre: Portrait Photography View of Pulliyans with miniature bulls carried on poles by two men. Meanwhile the women leapt like bacchantes with flying hairs.
From Erode: On Mr. Barton Wright's estate. Abandon of the Pariyahs in their harvest attire. They do these dances twice a year, once at the festival of a temple of Kali and once during harvest time. They had fresh rice plants bound to their hats. Their hands were hidden in some kind of long yellow jute fibres. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
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Genre: Portrait Photography View of abandon of the Pariyahs in their harvest attire. They do these dances twice a year, once at the festival of a temple of Kali and once during harvest time. They had fresh rice plants bound to their hats. Their hands were hidden in some kind of long yellow jute...
From Erode: On Mr. Barton Wright's estate. The other dancer, probably the man, with large brass moustache. Both had brass breasts of the same size, see no.101. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
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Genre: Portrait Photography View of the other dancer, probably the man, with large brass moustache. Both had brass breasts of the same size, see no.101.
From Erode: On Mr. Barton Wright's estate. Ashtapada singers. Ashtapada is a religious song, based on Gitagovinda. It is sung in temples whilst puja is going on behind closed doors. Women often use it as a religious exercise. The drum is very remarkable. (Bake describes its use in detail.) Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the Ashtapada singers. Ashtapada is a religious song, based on Gitagovinda. It is sung in temples whilst puja is going on behind closed doors. Women often use it as a religious exercise. The drum is very remarkable. (Bake describes its use in detail.)