IDNO

N.54283.ELT

Description

Pilgrims at Kusu Island (Pulau Kusu) during Double Ninth Festival (重九節, 重阳节, also known as Ninth Month Festival). [Elliott's listing]

A large crowd of men, women and children walk along a street on either side of which are wooden stalls with canvas roofs. In the front right, a woman leans on a wooden rail, holding a bundle of incense sticks in her right hand. Behind her, a woman carries a basket. [EB 24/07/2018]

Place

SE Asia; Singapore; Pulau Kusu [Kusu Island]

Cultural Affliation

Chinese

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Elliott, Alan J.A.

Date

October 1950

Collection Name

Elliott Collection

Source

Elliott, Alan J. A.

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.54192.ELT to N.54306.ELT were found inside the album now numbered A.157.ELT.

The index pages of the negative album provide descriptions of some of the images. These have been transcribed.

Community Project: A digital copy of this image was shared with the Caretakers of the Keramat Shrine on Kusu Island for community uses in September 2023. The digital sharing of 32 images relating to Keramat Shrine was facilitated by Rui En Pok during fieldwork of Kusu Island as part of her undergraduate anthropology studies at University of Cambridge. [JD 07/09/2023]