Source: Kosovo’s Sufi Dervish order celebrates the new year, spring
For an Islamic dervish order in southern Kosovo, it’s time for the annual celebration to mark the new year, the birthday of the sect’s founder and spring.
That means holding a religious ceremony which includes hypnotic chanting, swaying and the piercing of male members’ cheeks with long metal needles.
Prizren, Kosovo’s medieval and most religiously mixed town, is home to one of the country’s small Sufi Dervish orders, which numbers about 5,000. They are part of the estimated 200,000 Sufis among Kosovo’s roughly 2 million people. Continue reading
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