Rites of passage (45 Subjects)
Panoramic view of the Golden Horn from the Muslim cemetery of Eyüp.
The Muslim cemetery at Üsküdar.
View of the area the Dolmabahçe Palace was built at, from the Muslim cemetery of Pera (Beyoğlu). This cemetery started off today's Taxim Square and through the neighborhoods of Gümüşsuyu and Fındıklı it reached the Bosporus.
Scenes from the funerary services for the consuls in Thessaloniki (May 1876). View of Thessaloniki. From Le Monde Illustré, May 1876.
A Bulgarian bride.
Rites of passage in the Muslim cemetery of Eyüp, Istanbul.
Rite of passage in the Ottoman Empire.
The mausoleum of Suleiman I at Süleimaniye mosque.
Ottoman (Muslim) funeral. Ottoman (Muslim) wedding. In the distance, the field of Büyükdere on the European shore of the Bosporus.
Funeral procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).
Carriages with livestock and other provisions leave Hanoi. They are destined to feed the soldiers and other followers of the funeral procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).
Funerary procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).
Muslim funeral in Istanbul.
Death of an Indian fakir on the shores of Ganges river.
A woman is thrown into her husband's funeral pyre, India.