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chapter IV. Cultures along the pipeline

Groom and his friends holding handkerchiefs and candles during wedding ceremony in Djandarsky, an ethnic Azerbaijani village in Georgia. 2006

Groom and his friends holding handkerchiefs and candles during wedding ceremony in Djandarsky, an ethnic Azerbaijani village in Georgia. 2006

Women and men walking in circles on different layers of the mosque, praying around the shrine of holy man - Mir Movsum Aga. Mosque in Shuvelan. Azerbaijan 2006 From the Caspian all the way to the Mediterranean – the pipeline unites two seas passing through a multitude of cultures. Azerbaijanis, Georgians, Turks, Kurds, Alevi, Arabs, Armenians, Greeks, Christians, Shia and Sunni Muslims, fire worshippers, holidays of spring, days of sacrifice, calls for prayer and Easter offerings all fuse in a kaleidoscopic patchwork of ethnic, religious and cultural fabric of the region along the pipeline route. Kurdish women at a Holiday of Spring celebration in Diyarbakir. Turkey. 2007 Sheep laid out for slaughter on Gurban Bayram (holy day of sacrifice) next to Mir Movsum Aga Mosque in Shuvelan. Azerbaijan 2006 Religious holiday service at the Sioni Cathedral Church. Tbilisi, Geogia. 2006 Service at the Jvari Monastery where two rivers – the Kura and the Aragvi meet. Mtskheta, the ancient capital of Georgia, located 25 km from Tbilisi, is the center of Georgia’s earliest Christian history. Here in the fourth century St. Nino, a female evangelist credited with converting the country to Christianity, erected a cross on Mtskheta’s highest peak. The Jvari Monastery was built on the same peak in 545 AD. Mtskheta. Georgia. 2006 Gypsy beggars gathered in front of the Rahima Xanum Mosque in Nardaran. Azerbaijan, 2006 Little bride dancing by the kebab fire. Wedding in Djandarsky, an ethnic Azerbaijani village in Georgia. 2006 Ceremonious beheading of a sheep at a wedding celebration in Djandarsky, an ethnic Azerbaijani village in Georgia 2006 Groom and his friends holding handkerchiefs and candles during wedding ceremony in Djandarsky, an ethnic Azerbaijani village in Georgia. 2006 Wedding tent in Djandarsky, an ethnic Azerbaijani village in Georgia. 2006 Girl on a shiny street. Tbilisi, Georgia. 2006 Georgians celebrating Easter at the graves of their relatives at the Rustavi cemetery. An Azerbaijani petrol train passes just meters below. Rustavi is a former cradle of industry in Georgia; the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline passes across the city along the railroad. Rustavi, Georgia. 2007 Children of Sanli-Urfa, a predominantly Kurdish, but less political city. Turkey. 2007 Children playing in the flooded house in Ilica village along the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Rural Erzurum is considered one of the more conservative areas in Turkey, where most women are draped in veils. Erzurum, Turkey. 2007 Girl looking at her hands painted with henna. Religiously conservative Ilica village along the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Erzurum, Turkey. 2007 Woman in front of her flooded house in Ilica village along the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Rural Erzurum is considered one of the more conservative areas in Turkey, where most women are draped in veils. Erzurum, Turkey. 2007 Celebrations of Novruz (Holiday of Spring) in the predominantly Kurdish and politically active city of Diyarbakir. Turkey. 2007