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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
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
Wedding ceremony, most probably of Ottomans of higher rank.
Tags: Animals, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Goats, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim ceremonies, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman officials, Processions, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Ṭuğrā / Insignia of Ottoman officials, Turkey, Wedding ceremonies, Women
At Meydanı square, which is buit on the site of the Byzantine Hippodrome of Constantinople. Muslim wedding procession, possibly of an Ottoman official. In the background, the obelisk of Theodosius I, and the Serpent Column (Plataean tripod) from Delphi sanctuary, which was brought to Constantinople by Constantine I.
Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Byzantine emperors, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Serpent column/ Plataean tripod/ Delphi tripod (Istanbul), Social sphere and everyday life, Theodosius I, Thrace, Turkey, Wedding ceremonies, Women
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