cover image: Harvest festival and children's party, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1936

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Harvest festival and children's party, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1936

1936

"Erntedank- und Kinderfest am 27.9.36. Einbringen des Erntekranzes." ("Harvest festival and children's party on 09/27/36. Setting of the harvest wreath.") Men, women and children talking to each other are standing in small groups on a square (with their backs to the photographer). In the foreground: a harvest wreath on a bamboo stick. Cf. photo nos. 10633 - 10637. -- Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
children festivals general views

Authors

Tietzen, Theodor, 1893-1973

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11574
Dates
1936-09-27
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies photographic print, 11.8 x 8.9 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Nyasa Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-m11574 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10632
Rights
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de Moravian Archives Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/ Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/17f2abb8d6e78ac121d2515066f7fa93

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