Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

The architectural style of this Catholic church is typical for the region around Thiruvananthapuram, also known as Trivandrum.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

A Birhor man stands outside his hut. Fabric is draped to dry nearby. The Birhor are a nomadic people.[


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

In a village where basket weaving is the major occuplation, this young woman helps out by twisting fibers used in securing the basket staves.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

At a village celebration, probably a temple pooram festival, a man plays a nāāgasvaram.



University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Monks light votive candles at the base of the Dhamekh Stūpa.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

A young boy from a village in Delhi



University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

The landscape of the Netarhat Plateau where the Birhor live. After 1947, the Indian government attempted to establish permanent settlements for the Birhor in the Ranchi district.[