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kadirli worship 2
the schech prepares the spikes before pressing them into the flesh of the worshippers by wetting them with his saliva.
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kadirli worship 1
me sitting in the place of honor next to the local holy man, called a "schech"
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kadirli worship 5
the local boys take photos of each other with their cam phones to impress the local girls with later.
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after taking the spike, each worshipper dances in the middle of the circle for 1 or 2 minutes
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kadirli worship 8
this worshipper took his spike through the tongue and lower lip
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kadirli worship 11
here you can see the spike going through the worshipper's side clearly
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kadirli worship 3
the schech pokes this worshippers cheek with the holy spike
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kadirli worship 10
the steel spike enters in the front and out the back. another worshiper takes a pic of it with his camphone.
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goat cheese fresh peppercorn and honey drenched pastry stuffed with fruit in frontof an 8th century carved stone arch
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local meet stuffed falafel on an 11th century iron spice scale
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a side of beef ribs cooked in the turkish southeastern arabic style common to mardin, framed by the...
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strawberry caper chilipepper and raw fresh alomond salad sitting in a 600 year old brass spoon
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