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Karaim Community

Trakai, Lietuva

Karaims in Kefe, Crimea 1837

A fine Gentleman

Trakai Kenesa

Karaim Home (note 3 streetside windows)

Another Karaim Home

My friend strolls down a Karaim street

My father and new Karaim friend chat

Kenesa (above), Karaim Prayer (below)
 

Many scholars propose that the Karaim

are descendants of Khazarian

ancestors. Dna now presents

a mosaic of origins.

Most neighbors agree that the Karaim

are wonderful people.

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Click here to view Karaim Exhibit

Karay Trakai Dialect
by Timur Kocaoglu
(2006 Lincom Europa)
available as a pdf download on Academia.edu

Page 114 features the above photo
of my late father chatting with a Karaim near Trakai.
(with my grateful permission, of course)

The plague of 1710 decimated many of the Karaite populations in Lithuania,
as well as local folk. Many Karaites later returned to Crimea.

Antique Cabinet Photo of Karaim Woman in traditional dress,
Panevezys, Lithuania.