Burma image, WA0244. Image of object in World Art collection. Kachins sacrificing a cow at the Namhkek Manao [Namhkyek manau]. P.R. (Researcher's notes in brackets) This monochrome photographic print is showing Kachins sacrificing a cow at the Namhkyek manau. Manau is a kind of communal festival celebrated by the Kachins in Burma (Myanmar). A large number of offerings would be made to different spirits at a manau festival, as well as the main offering that would be made to the spirit called 'Madai'.
This photograph was taken by James Henry Green in the 1920s, a recruiting officer for the Burma Rifles who spent more than twenty years in Burma, much of it based in the northern hill states.
Photograph; Kachins sacrificing a cow at the Namhkek Manao [Namhkyek manau]. P.R. (Researcher's notes in brackets)
Creator (of Artwork / Object):
James Henry Green
Date Created (of Object / Artwork):
1920s
Description (Object or Artwork):
This monochrome photographic print is showing Kachins sacrificing a cow at the Namhkyek manau. Manau is a kind of communal festival celebrated by the Kachins in Burma (Myanmar). A large number of offerings would be made to different spirits at a manau festival, as well as the main offering that would be made to the spirit called 'Madai'. This photograph was taken by James Henry Green in the 1920s, a recruiting officer for the Burma Rifles who spent more than twenty years in Burma, much of it based in the northern hill states.
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