A Circassian folk dance group performing in Cologne.
(March 2008)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Volkstanz, #folkdance, #Kostüme, #costumes, #Tscherkessen, #Circassians, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

Dancers of the Circassian Cultural Association of Cologne.
(December 1982)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Tanz, #dance, #Volkstanz, #folk_dances, #Tscherkessen, #Circassians, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

Door in the IOrta Cami (mosque) in Batumi/ Adjaria (Georgia).
(May 1999)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Türen, #Tore, #doors, #Architektur, #architecture, #Moscheen, #mosques, #Batumi, #Georgien, #Georgia, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

#Earthquake (#sismo) M4.6 strikes 71 km E of #Caucasia (#Colombia) 19 min ago. More info: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1243812

I was today years old that I learned that my maternal ancestors were Azeri Turkish #refugees from #Caucasia forcibly displaced by #russia during the 1877-1878 Russo-Ottoman War. Some family members were killed by the Russians and Russia-supported #armenian militia as they flew westwards and south towards the Bitlis province and then further to #Antep. My great grandfather then took part in the Turkish independence war on the eastern front against the #french.

Eine typische georgische Tafelrunde in einem Dorf in Adscharien/ West-Georgien.
(Mai 1999)
(Foto gescannt vom Dia: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Essen, #meals, #Essenskultur, #Georgien, #Adscharien, #Kaukasus, #Georgia, #Caucasia