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Top: The king of Tonkin (Vietnam) exits the palace. Bottom: The king of Tonkin (Vietnam) leaves for war.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Elephants, Equids, Hanoi, Horses, Human types, Kingdom of Tonkin, Kings, Music, Musical instruments, Officials, Palaces, Processions, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tonkin, Vietnam
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)
Ottoman Muslim cemetery.
Tags: Animals, Cemeteries, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Ethnic groups, Funerary monuments, Funerary steles, Human types, Istanbul, Music, Musical instruments, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman cemeteries, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Turks
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)
Gathering of devout Muslims 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 first stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: the faithful praise God and Prophet Muhammad.
Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dance, Dancers, Dervishes, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Human types, Inscriptions, Interiors, Music, Musical instruments, Percussion instruments, Priests, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Tekije (Dervish lodge)
The temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Houses, Human types, Music, Musical instruments, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Smoking
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
Muslim women entertaining themelves in their private quarters.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Houses, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Istanbul, Music, Musical instruments, Muslim women, Qanun (instrument), Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning, Thrace, Turkey, Turkish women, Women
Dance on the west bank of the Nile. On the foreground, two French travellers. The governors of the small vessels are smoking and drinking coffee while sitting on the ground, as are doing two dervishes and their servants farther away. According to Olivier's description, the scene depicts Egyptians dancing a war dance and a more sensual dance.
Tags: Beauty care, Boats and ships, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dance, Dervishes, Egypt, Egyptian dances, Egyptians, Ethnic groups, French, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Percussion instruments, Priests, Professions, Servants, Ship captains, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel
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