Caption

Arasadzikh. Altar to old god, a pagan ritual taking place on 14-01, every year. Under earth is the family wine barrel, the three forks of the wooden stick represent lungs (air), heart (strength) and liver (life), meat that is eaten ritually with all clan members on that day, Ochamchira, Abkhazia, Georgia

Date

Apr 04, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Florian Bachmeier

Reference

BRK25M91_141

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No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

144,0Mb (24,4Mb) / 29,0in x 19,3in / 8688 x 5792 (300dpi)

Keywords

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