A cross-cultural examination of the expressive culture of Turkish-speaking Alevi/Bektashi and Alevi/Babai (Bobai) communities in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains of Southern Bulgaria:In search of origins and parallels with Turkish Alevis/Bektashis and Tahtacis

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