Crocodile Shrine of Mangho Pir holds Annual Mela (Festival)
#Sufism #Sufi #Tareeqah #Naqshbandi #Innovation #Bidah
"They no longer know why it is held there, they are simply following in the steps and repeating the words of their ancestors." end quote.
#Sufism #Sufi #Tareeqah #Naqshbandi #Innovation #Bidah
"They no longer know why it is held there, they are simply following in the steps and repeating the words of their ancestors." end quote.
Admins note: Reminds me of Ayah 28, Surah A'raaf :
And when they commit a Fahisha (evil deed), they say: "We found #our #fathers #doing #it, and Allah has commanded us of it." Say: "Nay, Allah never commands of Fahisha. Do you say of Allah what you know not? [Quran 7:28]
And when they commit a Fahisha (evil deed), they say: "We found #our #fathers #doing #it, and Allah has commanded us of it." Say: "Nay, Allah never commands of Fahisha. Do you say of Allah what you know not? [Quran 7:28]
I quote the news source:
"It attracts the Sheedi community from all over Pakistan," Qanbarani tells AFP.
>>"We celebrate Mangho Pir mela more than Eid," he adds.
>>"We celebrate Mangho Pir mela more than Eid," he adds.
The celebration features a #dancing procession known as the Dhamal, with #men and #women in trance-like states - a rare sight in conservative, often gender-segregated Pakistan.
"The #Dhamal dance... is done with great devotion and much delicacy," says Atta Mohammad, who spoke with AFP at the festival. "Some of us are captured by holy spirits."
Mehrun Nissa, 65, prepares a #sacred drink during the mela while translating from what she says is a Swahili dialect.
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"Mangho Pir is also home to over 100 lumbering crocodiles that waddle between the devotees near a swampy green pond where they have lived for generations.
"Mangho Pir is also home to over 100 lumbering crocodiles that waddle between the devotees near a swampy green pond where they have lived for generations.
Legend holds that #lice on the Sufi #saint's #head transformed into the #reptiles who now live at the shrine.
[Admins note: Sufi Evolution Theory? from LICE to Reptiles?]
[Admins note: Sufi Evolution Theory? from LICE to Reptiles?]
The oldest crocodile - known as More Sawab, and believed to be anywhere between 70 and 100 years old - is feted at the festival's climax with garlands and decorative powder while being fed chunks of raw meat." End quote
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