IDNO

P.96601.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“F. W. became Political Officer in Sikkim on January 4th, 1933.
(Photos 48-51 were taken at HA MPOW: 68-70)
49. “At Ha. Peggy’s photos [Archery 17.6.33]”
See gi: Ha
49e. “Women dancers at Archery 17.6.33”. Each team has a group of female “cheer-leaders” who chant often obscene taunts at the opposing team in order to distract them. Bhutanese women (unlike most other women in Asia) wear their hair cut short. They are wearing “kira” and “ ”.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Haa [Ha]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Margaret

Collector / Expedition

Date

17 June 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Context: During the archery match the whole village comes to witness the game since there is fierce competition within different villages. This is also a occasion where all the people can meet each other form their busy agricultural work. Each team will have their own women dancers and the role of the dancers are to distract the opposite archery players and sing praises for their own team members. [Dawa Dem 15/9/2008]

The transcription of this album by Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman was carried out with reference to Krystina Cech’s catalogue list alone. Alex Nadin has since revised their cataloguing by systematically matching their records to the images. Margaret Williamson’s handwritten captions for photographs have now been transcribed into the Inscription field, and Cech’s descriptions appear in the Description field. Correct entries for Place, Named Person and Other Nos. have also been entered by Alex Nadin. [Sudeshna Guha 29/10/2002]

Publication: The photograph has been digitised for the European Collected Library of Artistic Performance (ECLAP) and is accessible on the portal http://www.eclap.eu/drupal/. [SG 31/10/2012]