Gathering of congregants at a baptism, Mbaga, Tanzania, ca.1911-1914

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Title	Gathering of congregants at a baptism, Mbaga, Tanzania, ca.1911-1914
Description	"Die Christen warten vor dem Missionshaus in Mbaga auf ihr Essen. Denn es ist Sitte, dass bei jedem Tauffest die Christen der betr. Station Schafe oder ein Rind schlachten, um sich und den Gästen einen Leckerbissen zu bereiten." ("The Christians waiting for their food in front of the mission house in Mbaga. For it is the custom that at every baptism the Christians of the concerned station slaughter sheep or a cow or ox [lit.: an exemplar of cattle] to prepare a tidbit for themselves and the guests."). A crowd wearing European dresses or 'kanzu', many of the women and children dressed in cloths. Next to the clay pots on the left three Europeans. Building thatched with plant fiber. The steeple on the right.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
Subject	Leipzig Mission
Subject (aat)	general views
Subject (unesco)	Religious communities Religious buildings Festivals Food customs
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Mbaga
Geographic subject (country)	Tanzania
Geographic subject (continent)	Africa
Coverage date	1911/1914
Photographer	Guth, Wilhelm, 1888-1980
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1911/1914
Type	images
Previous format (aacr2)	photographic prints, 10.2 x 7.8 cm.
Format (aat)	photographs
Legacy record ID	impa-m1380
Part of album	Album 5
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Photographs of the Leipzig Mission, Germany, ca.1912-1917 & ca.1924-1938
Rights	Leipzig Mission
Access conditions	USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Leipzig Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-Lutherisches Missionswerk Leipzig e.V., Paul-List-Str. 19, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany; Tel. (0)341 / 99 40 600, Archive 99 40 633, Fax 99 40 690; e-mail: bildarchiv@lmw-mission.de -- The following charges are made for the right to publish an image: - for a publication with a circulation up to 500: 10 euros, - for a publication with a circulation of 501 to 1,000: 13 euros, - for a publication with a circulation of more than 1,000 or for use in electronic media, film, television or other audivisual media: 30 euros. -- Commercial use of images requires special permission and will be priced individually. Copyright belongs to the Archive. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning "Evangelisch-Lutherisches Missionswerk Leipzig e.V., ..."; together with the reference. Payment should be made by money transfer in euros to: Evangelisch-Lutherisches Missionswerk Leipzig e.V., Account Nr. 100 870 029, Bank: Landeskirchliche Kreditgenossenschaft eG Dresden, BLZ: 850 951 64
Repository name	Leipzig Mission
Repository address	Evangelisch-Lutherisches Missionswerk Leipzig e.V., Paul-List-Str. 19, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
Repository email	bildarchiv@lmw-mission.de
Filename	IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-05-556
Archival file	impa_Volume136/IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-05-556.tiff

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