mennonitemissionnetwork

Not to popular if you do not post a newer photo. I am from Chaco and people have modest homes but nothing like this you showed! Look a bit racist to my taste! Tobabella

Tobabella, Thank you for your comment. The Mennonite Church USA Archives is a repository of historical documents and photographs. The photographs we post are therefore old. The date on this photograph is indicated in the caption (1957), and we make no claim that this is a contemporary photograph. As we continue to digitize our photo collection, you will see newer photographs of the Toba people on our Flickr site. Please be patient, however -- we have tens of thousands of photographs to digitize! Regarding the racism inherent in this photograph, I am very sorry that this image is hurtful to you. The Mennonite Church USA is committed to undoing racism and the pain it causes. By identifying the racism inherent in this photograph, you have contributed to this important work. Thank you. With best wishes, Mennonite Church USA Archives

I find this picture fascinating because I visited this area when I was in India!

Thanks for your comment, John. How cool that you've been to this area! Mennonite work in India was concentrated in a few areas, Bihar being one of them. Bihar was actually a mission field for the Missionary Church (formerly the United Missionary Church, formerly the Mennonite Brethren in Christ), so we don't have a lot of records about Bihar. We have far more holdings about work in Madhya Pradesh.

Bello testimonio , soy de Bragado y esta foto es un documento único ...

Gracias! We are glad that you like the photograph!