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Assyrian wedding dance on a hillside, Ser Amadia

Place: Ser Amadia
Date: 1939

Men and women in traditional dress link arms in a line dance while a drummer plays a large frame drum and onlookers watch. Print captioned "Assyrian wedding dance"; photographed by Col. R.W. Cardew in Ser Amadia, July 1939.

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Julian Cardew (Flickr), photograph by Col. R.W. Cardew

Assyrian wedding dance on a hillside, Ser Amadia

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