Friday, March 21, 2008

Blood Tongue

An idea that might make an average Turk hungry, but not for the apparent reason.

That's the literal translation of the Turkish word kandil, which is applied to a series of minor feasts in the Islamic calendar (5, I believe).

Among these feasts is Mevlid-i Nebi or Mevlid Kandili, which was celebrated this year between the sundowns on March 18th and March 19th.

This brings us to....(see below)

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