Field photograph·C00752·1928

Five people roasting the feast goat at Galini

Five people sit by a stone wall beside a whole animal roasting on a spit over a fire at Galini.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00752. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Five people sit against a rubble stone wall with a small barred window, watching a whole animal roast on a long spit over embers at left. Three men wear hats, a small child sits beside the first man, and an older boy leans in behind them. The man on the right holds a long stick and has a moustache.

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Five people sit and stand against a rubble stone wall with a shuttered window at Galini. In the foreground a whole goat is roasting on a long spit over a small fire. Three men wear hats, a small child sits between them, and an older boy stands behind.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Five people sit and roast the feast goat. Three of the men wear hats. Two children. Galini.

Swedish, as on the record

Fem personer sitter och steker Festgeten. Tre av männen bär hattar. Två barn. Galini. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)