| Show THE worshipers z strange religion ot of the wild burds kurds who dwell on tho the not kol far from moatie in aiono lamia there are arc a few kurdila Kurd Kur dilt iti 1 villages I vilere one finds cod neither mosque ter cor minaret sj nor me drash church nor meeting house saving bavin qa vin 1 l an occasional government official are rarely seen there travelers not at all ordinarily there Is pothiti in iii tile appearance of those fention vor or the people to attract tile the ati ali elliou of wayfare rs apart from the iviline dresses of the women anil and tile T rests eals of the men but bin one day in it the year tile village assumes quite a holiday aspect lit in preparation for a strange ceremony annually funded enacted there ille houses are plentifully decked cad with garlands gati 0 ands of yellow flowers and the lie people take up positions lions outside the women in spotless gowns the men w with ali a twisted black cord around their necks then it ft procession of some thirty persons emerges from the residence of 0 the pir or priest and begins 0 slowly to perambulate the vill village age in III front dianh half a weird looking personages a long black headgear headge a ar then coma conic half a scare of 0 kavals ka wals in yellow mantles and white title turbans chanting reli religious i long hymns in an outlandish toll tongue tic and behind them as many more more playing nu all accompaniment to the bi singers angers on reedy flutes and tambour ittes following these is the thon nuitt bite robed priest hearing bearing upon his shoulders a kind of epaulet and holding aloft the bronze figure of a bird guarded on either cither side ly by a tierce fierce looking kurd with a perfect arsenal of all small arms arius about his bis person in the rear rides the p wl white ite turbaned thick of llie di distrait with a second batch of black leads heads to will wind up tip the procession I 1 the party makes tile the round of tit ll 11 village the af pf 11 rising their lin hand nd t toward 0 abiri 1 tile lie brazen brazell 1 bird arc I 1 as it pi passes zes alid aiken halli in ili front of the llie priests ll house oiSe here a sheep I 1 if in readiness it is cut open opel and the it i c latart lil arl is torn lorn from it and thrown down own at tic the feet of the black robed figures the procession then reenters tile dwelling while lite alic sheep is made ready forthe for the pot and in honor toner of the day the me residents afterward time together as Is soon ns As their it stew is ready these kurdish vilify villagers err aril arc iti the or devil of mesopotamia ind and their armnad procession known agthe as llie showing of the kiwy king bird the melik talons or pc peacock cock acin king is the only cere laon ifil of tho their air mystic cult the devil worshipers accept no ito prose lytes A they sly say niini be e born j lie iw cannot be they have tie no ceremonial 11 buttons lut tons or attula tin importance to them and are allowed to use nothing colored bluch they will not nol sitt sit down lown on oil a sofa liming it blue tassel or enter entera tera a room containing it an article of furniture cohered with blue cloth their reli religion ion prohibits them from froin I 1 serving ns as soldiers there app cars tol to bp bg j it nothing Q till i M tp dregent prey t lk t diet I 1 n F rom r kuttim florou r 14 1 on their t air 0 onn I 1 account they baptize boys and ld girls and it lien old enough c every member lias has to matte make choice of a b fass s tor ter or brother brolli cr wick lio is isto to be his or of her c ompa uloa for eternity cor st fames casette Coiet tc |
