Photograph of an old couple and a young man no. 069

Photograph of an old couple sitting side by side on village chairs, with a young man standing behind between the two. It was taken in 1960, in the garden of a house in Kioneli (Gönyeli). The old couple are Arabacı Veli, a cart-driver as denoted by his name, and his wife Fatma Arabacı. The old man wears a plain white shirt with a collar, woven on the loom with cotton thread, black baggy trousers (kara dizlik) and white stockings, which reach up to the knee to meet the breeches, and are tied with strings and tassels. His footwear is rawhide sandals (çarık), not seen here. The head is covered with a white skullcap (takke). In his right hand he holds a walking stick. Fatma is completely wrapped in her çarşaf, which is made of loom-woven white striped cotton cloth (alaca). Underneath she wears long pantaloons (uzun don), also woven on the loom. Her veil comes down to the eyebrows, and one can see only the fingers of her right hand, on which she has a ring; with the index finger she touches her lips. The other hand lies on her lap. She also wears shoes with low heels. The young man standing behind the couple, is Desdeban Mehmet, a person appointed by the British to watch the fields from thieves, animals etc. He has a western-style appearance; he wears a shirt with white dots and long khaki trousers held at the waist with a buckled leather belt. Source: Ayşe Çoban. Village: Kioneli (Gönyeli), Nicosia District.