Skinning sheep after the sacrifice on the Georgian Military Highway

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Title:
Skinning sheep after the sacrifice on the Georgian Military Highway
Description:
The skinning of the sheep after the sacrifice was all done on the road itself. I believe this was a weekend so there was little traffic. The highway has always been vulnerable to mud slides. A lack of barriers and retaining walls could increase the risk of accident. One often saw small crosses by the roadside where a traffic death had occurred. It was often the result of a car going over the side.
Photographer:
Halpern, Joel Martin
Date:
1961
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Slides (photographs)
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Joel M. Halpern Papers
Series:
Series 8A. Slides
Subjects:
Alcoholic beverages--Caucasus, South--Photographs
Animal sacrifice--Caucasus, South--Photographs
Clothing and dress--Caucasus, South--Photographs
Fast and feasts--Caucasus, South--Photographs
Georgians (South Caucasians)--Photographs
Mountains--Caucasus, South--Photographs
Rites and ceremonies--Caucasus, South--Photographs
Sheep--Caucasus, South--Photographs
Women--Caucasus, South--Photographs
Places:
Caucasus, South
Voenno-Gruzinskaíà doroga (Georgia and Russia)
Extent:
1 slide ; 5 x 5 cm.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs001-gsr-i0023
Terms of Use:
All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Identifier:
mufs001-gsr-i0023