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Tadzhikskie remeslennye obriady (arbai pir). Klast' khlieb za pazukh posvieshchaiushchemu [sic] (kulche der bagal' andakhten)

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Tadzhikskie remeslennye obriady (arbai pir). Klast' khlieb za pazukh posvieshchaiushchemu [sic] (kulche der bagal' andakhten)

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Photograph shows an initiation ceremony(?) for a group of men seated outdoors on a rug.

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 91.
"Arbai pir" translated from Persian as "Saint of the Cart Guild." "Kulche der bagal' andakhten" translated from Persian as "placing bread in the hands of the initiate."

A comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned by General Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufman (1818–82), the first governor-general of Russian Turkestan.

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01/01/1865
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