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Nomadic Lifestyle & Culture work

NOMADIC FRIENDS, LIFESTYLE & TEXTILES

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Zara Setting up on the Yayla 

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              Yonka and Ayse

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Central Anatolian Candle Screens

Milk filled goat skins buried in earth to make the cheese "Tulum Peynir" along with other bottles and sacks for yogurt & cheeses. 

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Abdi returning from an open air overnight with his flock wearing his "Kepenek" (the traditional shepards cloak made from sheeps wool) the kepenek serves as a visible aid for the flocks as well as a sleeping bag/tent for sleeping in the open.

Details from a nomadic tent hanging

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Children's "Eleks"

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Antique Nomadic Tent Pole Carrier

  Anatolian Mut Grain Bag
(South East of Cappadocia)

Non-nomadic village folk trying in vane to teach proper spinning.

Kilim in progress

Southeast Anatolian Camel Headpiece 

Kurdish Bakhtiari Nomadic Camel Bag

Making yogurt inside the "Cadir" (goat hair tent)

Sweeping up in the Cadir

Women making ekmek in the cadir

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Turkmen girls dress

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Baby Carrier

Turkmen Wedding Helmet
Turkmen Childs Hat
Nomadic Afghani Hat

Kurdish Donkey Bag

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