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INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN
FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS
Bison-horn Maria masked dancers at Surnar, Dantewara Tashil, Bastar. The masks are decorated with red and white patterns and covered with bear’s hair .
2008-2016
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY POINT OF VIEW
N.981
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Himalayan male mustached mask
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Gaddis mask festival Chamba district
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Himalayan Arts Auctions A Selection
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Himalayan Male mustached mask
(mask no 132)
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GADDIS RED MASKS FESTIVAL
CHAMBA DISTRICT
The Bharmaur Tehsil area in Chamba District, Indian State of Himachal Pradesh in the North Western Indian Himalayas is the traditional homeland of the Gaddis.
Photo credit
IAS
https://iaspreparationonline.com/2014/09/10/ritual-fairs-and-festivals-of-the-gaddi-community/
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Gaddi : The journey Of Himalayas
The Gaddis are a tribe living mainly in the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The word tribe means group of people those follow traditional culture and are undeveloped. They are Hindus and belong to several castes. Frequently associated with the ancient Brahmpur kingdom at Chamba, although they played no major role in its governance, the origins of the Gaddi people are lost in time. There are at least four theories for their arrival in that place, often relying on the intertwining of oral history and myth, and in one case on the dubious ethnohistories of the British Rajera. The Gaddi shepherd mainly spend their winter in the low hills of shiwalik range. When the snow melted and the high passes were clear they moved on to higher mountain meadows. Omacanda Hāṇḍā discusses the dubiety of these and concludes that “Nevertheless, it may be said with due certainty that the present-day Gaddis are the descendants of one of those casteless nomadic shepherds of the Indian plains who once lived around the Barmer area of Rajasthan” and infers this from the similarities of various costumes and accessories
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GADDIS
A film on the life of the shepherd tribe of Himachal Pradesh. Director : N. K. Issar
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HIMALAYAN ARTS AUCTIONS
A SELECTION
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ORIGINE EXPERT
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Masque de danse présentant un visage à l’expression intériorisée, le centre du front agrémenté d’un motif incisé symbolisant le trident de Shiva, les tempes sont également ornées de deux symboles personnifiant le soleil et la lune. Son front est sculpté en ronde bosse de cinq bustes, les mains en positions de namaste. Bois dur, ancienne patine d’usage brune et miel brillante .
Himalaya, Région de Jumla, Népal.
27×18,5 cm.
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