Zur Konstruktion von sozialer Kohärenz: Kirvalıq-Verwandtschaft in Georgien


This article, which is based on fieldwork carried out 2007–2009 in various regions of Georgia, studies the Islamic circumcision ritual (Turkish sünnet, Azeri sünnǝt, Georgian ts‘inadatsveta) in the Caucasus and neighbouring regions. It specifically focusses on the tradition called Kirvalıq as practi...

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Authors: Dadunashvili, Elguja (Author) ; Korn, Agnes 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2014, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 237-257
Further subjects:B Georgia
 Azerbaijan
 Turkey
 circumcision
 Kirvelik
 / Kirvalıq godfather
 kinship
 Alawis
 Yazidis
 Judaism

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