Singapore, Westerners taking pictures of Theemidhi festival at Sri Mariamman Temple
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- ca. 1950s
- Description
Print 2249: The spectators include many Westerners with cameras. Singapore. Fire-walkers.
Firewalkers
Sri Mariamman is a Hindu temple built in 1843 in the south Indian Dravidian style. The festival of Theemidhi attracts Hindu devotees who prove the strength of their faith by running over hot coals.
Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore, Singapore. (2013). Asian Historical Architecture. Retrieved from http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/singapore/singapore/srimariamman.php. Sri Mariamman Temple. Retrieved from http://heb.gov.sg/our-subsidiaries/temples/sri-mariamman-temple.aspx
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Forman Safety Negatives, Box 4
- Creator
Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- Harrison Forman Collection - Safety Negatives
Harrison Forman Collection
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Asia and Middle East
NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library’s Historic Film Collections II - Monochrome Acetate Negatives and Motion Picture Film
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Type
- image
- Format
- Safety film negatives
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978. Singapore, Westerners taking pictures of Theemidhi festival at Sri Mariamman Temple. ca. 1950s. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/24043. (Accessed April 17, 2024.)
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- Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978, (ca. 1950s) Singapore, Westerners taking pictures of Theemidhi festival at Sri Mariamman Temple. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/24043
- MLA citation style
- Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/24043>.