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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)
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)
Feast of St. Jason and Sosipatros in Corfu island.
Tags: Agricultural tasks, Agricultural tools, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Barrels, Baskets, Boats and ships, Children, Churches, Corfu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dance, Dancers, Dogs, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fairs, Festivities / Celebrations, Greece, Horses, Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Peasants, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Views, Weapons, Windmills, Women
“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
Composition: Choregic monument of Lysicrates in Athens together with the port of Faliro, close to Piraeus.
Tags: Argo-Saronic gulf, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Dancers, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Faliro, Greece, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottomans, Ports, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life
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