PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE · 1960–1980

Turkmenistan — Young People on a Festival Swing

Youth take turns on high swing (hinnildik). The swing is a symbol of purification hung for three days every year to celebrate Gurban Bayram ('id al-adha). The source gives a 1960–1980 date range; the exact capture year is not specified. The country is supported by the collection context; no map marker is shown because the town or village is unknown.

Subject: Everyday Life and Ceremonies
Region: Turkmenistan
Image type: Photograph
Date: 1960–1980
Record number: 1037076
Coordinates: Not yet established
Record type: Photograph
Location evidence: The country is supported by the collection context; no map marker is shown because the town or village is unknown.
Date note: The source supplies a 1960–1980 range; the exact capture year is not specified.
Collection: World Archive ↗
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