Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1920- 1920
Abstract:
Private photograph album documenting devotees performing the Vel Kavadi and related rituals and mortification of the flesh.
Type of Material:
Photographs.
Subject:
India -- Religious life and customs.
Photography
Religion and philosophy
Body piercing -- India.
Body piercing -- Southeast Asia.
Body piercing -- Pictorial works.
Body piercing -- Religious aspects.
Purity, ritual -- Hinduism.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies -- Southeast Asia.
Thaipusam.