thephotosocietyさんのインスタグラム写真 - (thephotosocietyInstagram)「Photo by Randy Olson @randyolson Cepne women in The Black Sea area of Turkey. This was the end of the world for the ancient seafaring Greeks. During the last ice age the Black Sea was a low-lying body of freshwater, cut off from the Sea of Marmara, the Aegean and the Mediterranean, by a narrow land mass called the Bosporus. When the ice age ended the Black Sea remained protected as ocean levels rose, but when the water finally breached the Bosporus valley the incoming deluge was similar to ten Niagara falls. Stories of people fleeing this massive flooding are the origins of the epic myths of Gilgamesh and Noah’s flood. The migration from summer fishing to highland shepherding has always been a part of the culture. Mountain homes are called Yaylas (YIY-luz), and most families have more than one. Families fish at the coast, but as the temperatures rise, they move to a succession of homes higher in the mountain range. These homes are community property and were bequeathed during the Ottoman period. Simple, physical geography preserves this unique collection of societies including the Abkhaz, Mingrelian, Laz, Cepni, Oguz, Rum, Hemsin, and Circassian, who are squeezed into pockets along a narrow area of rugged terrain between the Black Sea and the steep coastal mountains. #blacksea #cepne #turkey」8月18日 1時44分