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The minaret of Qalawun complex at Bayn al-Qasrayn, Cairo. In the foreground, a wedding procession.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Cairo), Cairo, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Houses, Human types, Itinerant traders, Musical instruments, Musicians, Processions, Qalawun complex (Cairo), Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Wedding ceremonies, Women
Wedding procession in Athens. In the foreground, the groom accompanied by two friends. In the background the bride, with her gaze lowered.
Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Brides, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activity, Dogs, Donkeys, Dowry, Equids (Horses / Mules / Donkeys), Greece, Houses, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Social sphere and everyday life, Wedding ceremonies, Women
Leisure scene, probably at the Sweet Waters of Europe at Istanbul.
Tags: Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure, Leisure spaces, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Europe / Kağithane, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Women
Ottoman (Muslim) funeral. Ottoman (Muslim) wedding. In the distance, the field of Büyükdere on the European shore of the Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Brides, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Camels, Children, Equids, Ethnic groups, Funerary monuments, Human types, Istanbul, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Ottomans, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Wedding ceremonies
Leisure scene on Aegina island. In the background, the temple of Aphaia.
Tags: Aegean islands, Aegina, Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Turks, Weapons, Women
Valide Dam at Belgrade Forest, on the northwestern coast of the Bosporus.
Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Human types, Istanbul, Music, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Valide Dam (Valide Bendi)
The interior of the temple of Aphaia at Aegina island.
Tags: Aegean islands, Aegina, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Doric order, Greece, Human types, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, String instruments, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina)
The bazaar of Athens. On the forefront, on the right, an emancipated African slave. On the doorway, the owner of the coffeehouse who is brigning a tray with coffee to the Ottoman governor Disdar Aga. Disdar Aga is sitting on the stairs, dressed in red, and next to him sits another Turkish aga. Standing at the entrance of the coffeehouse, the Greek voivode (governor) of Salamis island, who is conversing a Greek Baratario (protegé of a foreign power). At the centre of the picture, three Turkish women covered with long white veils. According to Edward Dodwell's description, the rest of the women depicted are Arvanite. Standing, on the right, a devout Muslim in green costume, an indication that he has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Africans, Animals, Arvanites, Athens, Attica, Cafés / Cafeneia, Carpets, Castles and fortresses, Children, Coffee, Commerce, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Greengrocers, Human types, Itinerant traders, Merchants / Traders, Monastiraki, Mosques, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman officials, Pack animals, Pilgrims, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Street markets and bazaars, Turks, Tzistaraki Mosque (Athens), Views, Voivodes, Walls, Women
The dance of the dervishes at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the final stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: The two main dancers whirl while holding each other by the sash. In green, wearing a white turban, the Sheich or head of the Dervishes, who animates the dancers with his voice and by playing the tambour.
Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Dancers, Dervishes, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Human types, Inscriptions, Interiors, Musical instruments, Musicians, Percussion instruments, Priests, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Sheikhs, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Tekije (Dervish lodge)
“Pano-kato” dance.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Dancers, Greece, Houses, Human types, Interiors, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Percussion instruments, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Weapons, Women
A Pasha, governor of an Ottoman province, marching towards Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman officials, Parades, Riders, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey
Ottoman soldiers exercising in Cirit, a martial art practiced with a javelin.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cirit, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Martial arts, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Ottoman army, Ottoman kiosks, Riders, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Thrace, Turkey, Weapons
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