Georgia - Batumi - Flagellants
Self-flagellating Islamic martyrs after the Feast of Schachsei-Wachsei - reminiscent of some Christian sects at Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum), a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia, 12 miles from the border with Turkey. Batumi is the last stop of the Transcaucasian Railway and the Baku oil pipeline
Picture No
10412414
Media ID
46520838
Size
4421px x 3169px
(5.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910s
