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121. Mss Eur F191/332(1359)

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Mss Eur F191/332(1359)
Title:
From Erode: I think we arrived in Mercara on April 25th. In Mercara itself I did not record music, but we saw a marriage ceremony. I did work in two places, Napoklu in N. Coorg and Ponampet in S. Coorg. 125 is in Napoklu: Coorgis in national costume, ready for a dance. The music and singers in the middle, the dancers in a large circle, men only. The women also used to dance but since about 40 years this became fashion. They have very little consciousness of their national culture, which is a...
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of Coorgis in national costume, ready for a dance. The music and singers in the middle, the dancers in a large circle, men only. The women also used to dance but since about 40 years this became fashion. They have very little consciousness of their national ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1938
Extent:
1 item

122. Mss Eur F191/332(1377)

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Mss Eur F191/332(1377)
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From Erode: South Kanara. Just over the frontier of Coorg, Sullia is in the foothills of the Western ghats. The region is notorious for malaria; the Collector would not allow the Bakes to stay overnight in the Travellers Bungalow. In that notorious T. B. it was very quiet and Bake made several records there. Most people who came were Pariyahs, who had harvest- and agricultural songs. Yakshagana. What Kathakali is for Malabar is Yakshagana for South Kanara. The subjects are the same: Mahabha...
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of the yogi, whose part in Yakshagana usually is more or less comic. The other figure is a singularly undignified representation of Krishna. What Kathakali is for Malabar is Yakshagana for South Kanara [Karnataka]. The subjects are the same: Mahabharata, Ram...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1938
Extent:
1 item

123. Mss Eur F191/332(1378)

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Mss Eur F191/332(1378)
Title:
From Erode: South Kanara. Just over the frontier of Coorg, Sullia is in the foothills of the Western ghats. The region is notorious for malaria; the Collector would not allow the Bakes to stay overnight in the Travellers Bungalow. In that notorious T. B. it was very quiet and Bake made several records there. Most people who came were Pariyahs, who had harvest- and agricultural songs. Hanuman, who is similar to the Malabar Hanuman. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of the Hanuman of Yakshagana, who is similar to the Malabar Hanuman.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1938
Extent:
1 item

124. Mss Eur F191/332(1379)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F191/332(1379)
Title:
From Erode: South Kanara. Just over the frontier of Coorg, Sullia is in the foothills of the Western ghats. The region is notorious for malaria; the Collector would not allow the Bakes to stay overnight in the Travellers Bungalow. In that notorious T. B. it was very quiet and Bake made several records there. Most people who came were Pariyahs, who had harvest- and agricultural songs. Arjuna. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of the Arjuna of Yakshagana dance.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1938
Extent:
1 item

125. Mss Eur F191/332(1380)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F191/332(1380)
Title:
From Erode: South Kanara. Just over the frontier of Coorg, Sullia is in the foothills of the Western ghats. The region is notorious for malaria; the Collector would not allow the Bakes to stay overnight in the Travellers Bungalow. In that notorious T. B. it was very quiet and Bake made several records there. Most people who came were Pariyahs, who had harvest- and agricultural songs. Yama, the god of death, and to his right Virorama, Arjuna's opponent. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Yama, the god of death, and to his right Virorama, Arjuna's opponent, taken at Yakshagana dance.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1938
Extent:
1 item

126. Mss Eur F191/332(1381)

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Mss Eur F191/332(1381)
Title:
From Erode: South Kanara. Just over the frontier of Coorg, Sullia is in the foothills of the Western ghats. The region is notorious for malaria; the Collector would not allow the Bakes to stay overnight in the Travellers Bungalow. In that notorious T. B. it was very quiet and Bake made several records there. Most people who came were Pariyahs, who had harvest- and agricultural songs. On 147 one sees the female character curiously enough always dressed in a modern sari. Photographer: Bake, A...
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of the female character in Yakshagana, curiously enough always dressed in a modern sari.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1938
Extent:
1 item

127. Mss Eur F191/332(1382)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F191/332(1382)
Title:
From Erode: South Kanara. Just over the frontier of Coorg, Sullia is in the foothills of the Western ghats. The region is notorious for malaria; the Collector would not allow the Bakes to stay overnight in the Travellers Bungalow. In that notorious T. B. it was very quiet and Bake made several records there. Most people who came were Pariyahs, who had harvest- and agricultural songs. Groups of dancers, on 148 with a drummer. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of dancers, on this particularly picture with a drummer.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1938
Extent:
1 item

128. Mss Eur F191/332(1383)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F191/332(1383)
Title:
From Erode: South Kanara. Just over the frontier of Coorg, Sullia is in the foothills of the Western ghats. The region is notorious for malaria; the Collector would not allow the Bakes to stay overnight in the Travellers Bungalow. In that notorious T. B. it was very quiet and Bake made several records there. Most people who came were Pariyahs, who had harvest- and agricultural songs. Groups of dancers, on 148 with a drummer. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Yakshagana dancers.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1938
Extent:
1 item

129. P.P.1931.k, 5(79)

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P.P.1931.k, 5(79)
Title:
Hindoo dancing girls. Photographer: Scott, Allan Newton
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Stereoscopic view of a group of dancing girls, with descriptive text, p. 79. Published in part no. 77, November 1864. Not published in Scott's 'Sketches in India; taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the Madras Presidency' (Lovell Reeve, London, 1862), altho...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

130. Photo 667/1(95)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/1(95)
Title:
Wazir dance, Miranshah. Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Waziri tribesmen dancing in a large circle.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1918
Extent:
1 item

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