Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels - TRAVELLERS' VIEWS - Places – Monuments – People Southeastern Europe – Eastern Mediterranean – Greece – Asia Minor

Entrance of a house, Kalamata.

Muslim man performing ritual ablution before prayer.

The Grand Vizier offers dinner (Ifter) to other Ottoman officials during the Ramadan.

Muslim women entertaining themelves in their private quarters.

Ottoman soldiers exercising in Tomak, a martial art practiced with wooden balls.

A European ambassador has dinner with the Grand Vizier.

Interior of a peasants' dwelling.

Inn at Corinth.

Goat shepherds in Arcadia.

A bazaar in Corinth.

Memorial service on Saturday of the Souls, Athens.

Processing of cotton in Limni, Euboea.

The living-room of a noblewoman's house.

Feast of St. Jason and Sosipatros in Corfu island.

The quarantine station of Lefkada island.

Town and harbour of Vathi, Ithaka island.

Town and harbour of Argostoli, (Cephalonia). [Depiction of activities pertaining to viticulture].

Ast-chi, a cook. Ast-chi bashi, head cook of the Janissary corps.

Lower-ranking officers carry the pot containing the Janissaries' meal. A Kasik-dar or Çorpaci, Captain of the Janissaries.

A porter. A water seller.

Bedouin woman making butter.

Turkish women of Asia Minor making bread.

Druze women of Syria grinding flour.

Women from Andros.

Woman from Kimolos. Woman from Chios.

Dairy merchant. Greengrocer.

Ottomans enjoying a meal.

Dinner at Crisso, near Delphi, in the house of the bishop of Salona.

Gathering of devout Muslims at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the first stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: the faithful praise God and Prophet Muhammad.

The dance of the dervishes at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the final stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: The two main dancers whirl while holding each other by the sash. In green, wearing a white turban, the Sheich or head of the Dervishes, who animates the dancers with his voice and by playing the tambour.

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