Un chevalier chaussé de bottes à haut talons pointus [buzkashi rider at Afrasiab, Samarkand]. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
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Genre: Portrait Photography Facing p. 174. Full-length portrait of one of the riders in the buzkashi (Turki: kok-boru)competition at Afrasiab, posed to display his high-heeled riding boots.
Le Starchii-Aksakal de Samarkand en grande costume de cérémonie. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
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Genre: Portrait Photography Facing p. 176. Full-length standing portrait of the Aksakal of Samarkand, dressed in an elaborately decorated robe and turban, with a curved sword hanging from his belt.
Divertissement de Batcha (danseurs) dans le vestibule d'une maison particulière [Samarkand]. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
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Genre: Portrait Photography Facing p. 178. Group of Batcha dancers performing in the vestibule of a private house. These young male dancers took the place of females in a culture where women could dance in public. On reaching adulthood, they quit the profession. The location is unspecified, but...
Afrasiab, le jour de la grande course du Sâli-Naou. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
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Genre: Portrait Photography Facing p. 182. Group portrait of a row of seated dignitaries, with a line of Batcha dancers kneeling in front of them. Afrasiab, to the north of the city, was the location for the buzkashi matches at Samarkand.
La grande course à Afrasiab pendant les fêtes du Sâli-Naou. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
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Facing p. 184. General view of the great concourse of horsemen on the hillside and in the valley below, gathered for a buzkashi (Turki: kok-boru) match, in which riders compete to score 'goals' with the headless body of a goat.