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Procession of Saint Spyridon at Corfu (August 1839). On the left, the Spianada with the statue of Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, leading figure during the siege of Corfu by the Ottomans.

Tags: Corfu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Priests, Procession of Agios Spyridonas, Processions, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Spianada (Corfu), Squares, Statue of von Schulenburg(Corfu), Statues, Vestments (liturgical garments)

George I of Greece is received by the Mayor of London at Guildhall Library, London.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, George I of Greece, Guildhall Library, History, Human types, Interiors, Kings, Libraries, London, Officials, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, United Kingdom, Women

Easter ceremony of the Greek church in the Troad. Greek Orthodox believers attend the liturgy of the Resurrection.

Tags: Asia Minor, Children, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Divine Liturgy / Holy Communion, Easter, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Troad, Turkey, Women

Greek Easter festival in the Troad.

Tags: Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Easter, Ethnic groups, Festivities / Celebrations, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Social sphere and everyday life, Troad, Turkey, Women

The streets of Athens during the Carnival, 1877.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Carnival, Carriages, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Disguises, Festivities / Celebrations, Greece, Human types, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

A drunken man returns to his home the morning after the last night of the Carnival, Athens, 1877.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Carnival, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Disguises, Festivities / Celebrations, Greece, Houses, Human types, Parthenon, Social sphere and everyday life

Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII of England) watches the illumination of the Acropolis of Athens, 1877.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Edward VII of England, Festivities / Celebrations, Greece, Human types, Parthenon, Princes, Princes of Wales, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

Opening of the Greek Orthodox chuch of Saint Nicholas in Liverpool, 1869.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Saints Raphael, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Liverpool, Religious practices, United Kingdom

Celebration in the honour of Dimitrios Kallergis at a tavern in London.

Tags: Constitution, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dimitrios Kallergis, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Festivities / Celebrations, History, Human types, London, Otto of Greece, Portraits, Revolution of 3 September 1843, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, United Kingdom

Celebration of the feast of Huli in Kabul. The feast, a remnant of pagan cults, lasted the two days of the full moon of February. On the second day, the inhabitants of Kabul would gather at the central square and destroy a gigantic effigy made especially for this festivity. The feast closed as a child, symbol of the new-born god, shot his arrows at the giant's heart.

Tags: Afghanistan, Architecture and built environment, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Houses, Human types, Kabul, Leisure, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life

Celebration at the streets of Visapur, India, for the wedding of the daughter of the local governor.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Elephants, Festivities / Celebrations, Fireworks, Human types, India, Leisure, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Social sphere and everyday life, Visapur, Wedding ceremonies

Soldiers and guilds parade during the festivities which customarily took place when an Ottoman prince was born. The author had occasion to watch such a parade during his stay in Aleppo.

Tags: Aleppo, Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Festivities / Celebrations, French, Houses, Human types, Military parades, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Syria, Turks

The interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem: a priest distributes the Holy Fire.

Tags: Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Easter, Festivities / Celebrations, Holy Fire, Holy Sepulchre, Human types, Interiors, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life

Festivities at the port of Istanbul, to celebrate the construction of a new ship.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Leisure scene at the streets of Istanbul during the Bayram feast.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bayram, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure, Mosques, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Fountain at the remains of church near the sea walls of Topkapi palace in Istanbul. According to the author, the Greek Orthodox of Istanbul would come to the fountain on the feast of the Transfiguration. Several of them would bury themselves in the sand and then drink from the holy fountain, thus realizing a symbolic transfiguration.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Feast of the Transfiguration, Festivities / Celebrations, Fountains / Springs, Greeks, Holy springs, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman palaces, Religious practices, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Walls of Constantinople

Venetian woman dressed in festive costume for the feast of Corpus Cristi.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Italy, Social sphere and everyday life, Veneto, Venice, Women

Religious procession in Alcamo, Sicily. Plan of the Doric temple of Segesta.

Tags: Alcamo, Art and antiquities, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Doric temple of Segesta, Ethnic groups, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Italy, Plans and drawings, Segesta, Sicilians, Sicily, Southern Italy, Women

Mules of the Imperial Caravan carrying gifts to Mecca from the Sultan, during the Ramadan.

Tags: Animals, Bayram, Equids, Festivities / Celebrations, Gifts, Istanbul, Muslim ceremonies, Pilgrimage to Mecca, Ramadan, Religious practices, Thrace, Travel, Turkey

Camel carrying gifts from the Sultan to the Holy Mosque of Mecca during the Ramadan. Auxiliary camel forming part of the Caravan to Mecca.

Tags: Animals, Bayram, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Festivities / Celebrations, Gifts, Istanbul, Muslim ceremonies, Pilgrimage to Mecca, Pilgrimages, Ramadan, Religious practices, Thrace, Travel, Turkey

Muslim children in their circumcision costume. Animals destined to be sacrificed on the day of Kurban Bayram.

Tags: Animals, Bayram, Children, Circumcision, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Goats, Human types, Jewellery, Muslim ceremonies, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey

Dance of Bulgarian peasants.

Tags: Bulgaria, Bulgarians, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Music, Musical instruments, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turks, Women

Feast at Tarabya, on the northwestern coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Social sphere and everyday life, Tarabya / Therapeia, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Egg weighing 200 pounds exhibited at the market of Istanbul, part of the celebrations of the birth of Sultan's daughter.

Tags: Childbirth, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Istanbul, Merchants / Traders, Professions, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Turks

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