Burma image, WA0269
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Burma image, WA0269. [Dancing Ndawng around Karoi at funeral.] (Researcher's notes in brackets)
This monochrome photographic print is showing Karoi at Kachin funeral. A Karoi was a structure that was built at the time of a Mang Magoi ceremony - a ritual for sending the spirit of a deceased person to the land of the ancestors. The Karoi would be built outside the house of the deceased and a number of offerings would be made there on behalf of the spirit. Buffalo or cattle would be tied to the Karoi and speared. The spirit priest would chant seated in front of the structure. Certain dances that would customarily be held at this time might also start and end at the Karoi. The number of bamboos used in constructing the Karoi could vary from place to place. Textiles have been hung from this karoi, as was common throughout the Kachin region. They were included to honour the spirit. At the end of the ritual (which usually lasted four days) the Karoi would be destroyed.
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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This monochrome photographic print is showing Karoi at Kachin funeral. A Karoi was a structure that was built at the time of a Mang Magoi ceremony - a ritual for sending the spirit of a deceased person to the land of the ancestors. The Karoi would be built outside the house of the deceased and a number of offerings would be made there on behalf of the spirit. Buffalo or cattle would be tied to the Karoi and speared. The spirit priest would chant seated in front of the structure. Certain dances that would customarily be held at this time might also start and end at the Karoi. The number of bamboos used in constructing the Karoi could vary from place to place. Textiles have been hung from this karoi, as was common throughout the Kachin region. They were included to honour the spirit. At the end of the ritual (which usually lasted four days) the Karoi would be destroyed.
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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