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Travel story: Dzikr — a traditional Sufi prayer of the Kists

They are all here, waiting for us. The Hadjistek women are sitting in a circle. Alcani, resting majestically on her cushions, is the master of the ceremony. After two pilgrimages to Mecca she put on a green dress and white scarf. All the villagers consider her a holy person. She makes a sign. The old women stop grumbling and fall silent. The prayer - dzikr - begins! The women pray in Arabic and in the Kist dialect. They call God by all His names. They repeat them rhythmically, then they... More

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