Azerbaijan
I conducted fieldwork in Azerbaijan between 2000 and 2001.
I worked on a mourning ceremony named taziye, which I described in my masters thesis (MA1) and in this article.
I also worked among Molokans (Russian Christian sectarians exiled to the Caucasus under Catherine the Great) on boundaries and community belonging (see my masters thesis in Slavic Studies).
- Taziye - Mourning Ceremony in Govsan (September 2001)
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On the first Thursday after a death, family and villagers gather, men and women separately. On the women's side, the woman mollah is in charge of the ceremony. In this picture, she holds a notebook with marsiye (laments). The daughter of the deceased is seating next to her.
Apsheron peninsula.
- Taziye - Mourning Ceremony in Govsan (September 2001)
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On the first Thursday after a death, family and villagers gather, men and women separately. Pictures of the deceased and of her husband are displayed to the assembly of relatives and co-villagers.
Apsheron peninsula
- Visit at the cemetery - Mourning Ceremony (taziye) in Govsan (September 2001)
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After the taziye, men and women visit the cimetery.
Apsheron peninsula.
- Women mollah in Kobi (February 2002)
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Mollah Nazkhanum (center) with her students Shura (left) and mollah Latifa (right).
Apsheron peninsula.
- Molokans in Kirovka (September 2001)
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On the village bench, four molokans (right) and a Tatar (left). Semakha district.
- Molokan graveyard in Kirovka (September 2001)
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Semakha district.
- Molokan's house of prayers in Baku (February 2002)