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CHAP. XII.] PROCESSION OF THE KISWEH. 273
words from the Kur-an, and the names of God, the
Prophet, and the founders of their orders. Several
Kadiree darweeshes bore nets, of various colours,
each extended upon a frame-work of hoops upon a
pole: these were fishermen. Some of the darweeshes were employed in repeating, as in a common
zikr, the name and attributes of God. Two men,
armed with swords and shields, engaged each other
in a mock combat. One other, mounted on a horse,
was fantastically dressed in sheep-skins, and wore a
high skin cap, and a grotesque false beard, composed
of short pieces of cord or twist, apparently of wool,
with mustaches formed of two long brown feathers :
he occasionally pretended to write " fetwas" (or
judicial decisions), upon scraps of paper given to
him by spectators, with a piece of stick, which he
feigned to charge with a substitute for ink by
applying it to his horse as though it were intended
for a goad. But the most remarkable group in this
part of the procession consisted of several darweeshes
of the sect of the Rifa'ees, called Owlad-Tlwan,
each of whom bore in his hand an iron spike, about
a foot in length, with a ball of the same metal at
the thick end, having a number of small and short
chains attached to it. Several of these darweeshes,
in appearance, thrust the spike with violence into
their eyes, and withdrew it, without showing any
mark of injury: it seemed to enter to the depth of
about an inch. This trick was very well performed.
Five faddahs, or even a pipeful of tobacco, seemed to
be considered a sufficient recompense to the religious
juggler for this display of his pretended miraculous
VOL. II. T
| Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
| Creator | Lane, Edward William |
| Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Date | 1842 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000285 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAP. XII.] PROCESSION OF THE KISWEH. 273 words from the Kur-an, and the names of God, the Prophet, and the founders of their orders. Several Kadiree darweeshes bore nets, of various colours, each extended upon a frame-work of hoops upon a pole: these were fishermen. Some of the darweeshes were employed in repeating, as in a common zikr, the name and attributes of God. Two men, armed with swords and shields, engaged each other in a mock combat. One other, mounted on a horse, was fantastically dressed in sheep-skins, and wore a high skin cap, and a grotesque false beard, composed of short pieces of cord or twist, apparently of wool, with mustaches formed of two long brown feathers : he occasionally pretended to write " fetwas" (or judicial decisions), upon scraps of paper given to him by spectators, with a piece of stick, which he feigned to charge with a substitute for ink by applying it to his horse as though it were intended for a goad. But the most remarkable group in this part of the procession consisted of several darweeshes of the sect of the Rifa'ees, called Owlad-Tlwan, each of whom bore in his hand an iron spike, about a foot in length, with a ball of the same metal at the thick end, having a number of small and short chains attached to it. Several of these darweeshes, in appearance, thrust the spike with violence into their eyes, and withdrew it, without showing any mark of injury: it seemed to enter to the depth of about an inch. This trick was very well performed. Five faddahs, or even a pipeful of tobacco, seemed to be considered a sufficient recompense to the religious juggler for this display of his pretended miraculous VOL. II. T |
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