Sujet
Historical Geography. 1900. India. Masked Lamas costumed for the devil dance, a religious observance sometimes lasting three days
Légende
India 1900. Before the crumbling, timbered walls of this Sikkim monastery the air will soon be filled with the blasts and hooting of Eastern trumpets and the clash and boom of cymbals and gongs while the Lamas in their beauteous brocades and grisly masks stamp and posture in the dust. Fearful it would be to emerge from that dark doorway at dusk and be confronted by such a horror as is seen on the left of the photograph. The toes of the dacners' shoes, if not light are certainly fantastic.
Date
1900
Crédit
Photo12/SeM/ UIG
Notre référence
UMG20B14_096
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
36,5Mo (6,9Mo) / 40,0cm x 22,9cm / 4729 x 2701 (300dpi)