Monk skull cultus in monastery Trojan, Kind of skull cult in Trojan Monastery (Bulgaria), women are looking out skulls of their deceased loved ones, sticking burning candles on them and praying before, date appreciated, Fig. 57, p. 105, 1879, F. Kanitz: Donau-Bulgarien und der Balkan: historisch-geographisch-ethnographische Reisestudien aus den Jahren 1860-1879. Leipzig: Verlagsbuchhandlung von Hermann Fries, 1879-1880


Monk skull cultus in monastery Trojan, Kind of skull cult in Trojan Monastery (Bulgaria), women are looking out skulls of their deceased loved ones, sticking burning candles on them and praying before, date appreciated, Fig. 57, p. 105, 1879, F. Kanitz: Donau-Bulgarien und der Balkan: historisch-geographisch-ethnographische Reisestudien aus den Jahren 1860-1879. Leipzig: Verlagsbuchhandlung von Hermann Fries, 1879-1880


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