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- BFI identifier683098
- Date1913 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisMain title (6). "Sartes and Tekins proceeding to the ablutions prescribed by the Koran" (10). The courtyard of a mosque (?) (domed building at top of frame). Men in turbans and robes enter, kneel and pray (32). Closer view of the scene; some men carry prayer mats into the courtyard, some pray under the colonnaded terrace (58); four men praying; more in background praying (96). A larger group of men standing and praying - they are all dressed alight white turbans and robes (113). "Mussulman Cemetery" (115). Pan right of the cemetery showing holes in the ground, uneven ground surface and gravestones at angles (142). "The Tombs of Saints are ornamented with horns (147). A stone grave with a pile of sheep's horns (163). "Samarkand the day of the "Bairam" religious fete" (169). HAS of massed prayers. Men kneeling and praying (2510 and dispersing after prayers (251); different view of the crowd dispersing (276). Two beggars (?) sitting under a matting shade are given alms by a passer-by (310). "The Sacred Mount of Suleiman. The faithful come to be healed of their various maladies and roll themselves in the dust while praying (322). A man splayed on his back on a rock (328). End abruptly. Incomplete. (NFA Catalogue)
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Title
Religious Cult of Turkestan (Original)
Category
Non Fiction- +Religious Cult of Turkestan
Work - 683098 - 1913 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
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