Men preparing to cook sheep on the Georgian Military Highway

Item Information

Title:
Men preparing to cook sheep on the Georgian Military Highway
Description:
Men preparing to cook sheep, leg bone prepared by men for the soup. Given that these photos were taken south of Kazbegi, these were probably Georgians or South Ossetians, both of whom are Orthodox Christian even though the women have their heads covered. This pagan ritual of animal sacrifice has been incorporated into Christian observances.
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
Ossetes--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-i0026
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-i0026