[Lighting candles for a Tslis Tavi ceremony]
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[Lighting candles for a Tslis Tavi ceremony]

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Photograph

Aaron Huey

Maker
American, b. 1975

[Lighting candles for a Tslis Tavi ceremony]

From Svanetia (National Geographic Magazine)


2004
Inkjet print
Image: 4 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (12.1 × 18.4 cm)
Paper: 5 1/8 × 7 3/4 in. (13 × 19.7 cm)
Mount: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Gift of the FiftyCrows Foundation, 2015
2015.0133.1645
Inscriptions Printed in black ink on mount on recto, BC: 6. Candles are lit at a Tslis Tavi (italicized) ceremony in Ushguli. A Tslis Tavi (italicized) marks the second anniversary of a death. / Pagan and Christian ceremonies are performed before the celebratory dinner. / (c) 2004 Aaron Huey

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