Dinka dance gathering
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.372
Description:
A group of Dinka youths performing the leaping movement at a dance gathering wearing bells on their legs, many of the youths with handkerchiefs or other pieces of fabric suspended from their belts.
They are facing a line of girls performing their dance movements thrusting their arms forwards.
In the background is the tall metal pole seen in other images from this dance ground.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Dance , Music
Keyword:
Dance Accessory , Musical Instrument Bell / Rattle
Activity:
Dancing
Event:
Dance
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
