{"id":10647,"date":"2011-06-01T09:38:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T09:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traditionalknowledge.org\/?page_id=3896"},"modified":"2020-02-28T21:36:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T15:36:07","slug":"rules-of-visiting-and-worshipping-at-sacred-sites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/?page_id=10647&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Rules of visiting and worshipping at sacred sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Bringing food to sacred sites\" href=\"http:\/\/traditionalknowledge.org\/?page_id=3909&amp;lang=en\">Bringing food to sacred sites<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Rules of visiting and worshipping at sacred sites\" href=\"http:\/\/traditionalknowledge.org\/?page_id=3896&amp;lang=en\">From people\u2019experiences of visiting and worshipping at sacred sites<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Tying ribbons to the branches of trees in sacred sites\" href=\"http:\/\/traditionalknowledge.org\/?page_id=3912&amp;lang=en\">Tying ribbons to tree branches in sacred sites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>This text was published in the book \u2018Mazar Worship in Kyrgyzstan: Rituals and Practitioner in Talas\u2019 by Aigine, Bishkek, 2007. <\/em><em>Translated from Kyrgyz.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0A person who visits sacred sites must know the Quran;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0One must visit having bathed and purified oneself;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0One should thank God and bring <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tk.aigine.kg\/Articles\/ViewArticle.aspx?id=129\">jeti tokoch<\/a><\/em> <em>(q.v.) <\/em>and other food depending on her\/his economic well- being;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0 One\u00a0must not come to a sacred place to rest or drink alcohol, smoke, have sexual intercourse, etc.;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0One must visit mazar with a pureness of belief and intentions;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0One must take care of sacred places; clean the surrounding of it for good deed <em>(soopchuluk)<\/em>;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0One must not visit mazar with the head uncovered;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0One must conduct rituals, pray, asking good things, and read the Quran;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0One must visit a sacred place believing in its sacredness and must be grateful to it;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0When one visits a mazar, if there is charity box a visitor should leave money depending on his\/her financial situation for good deed;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>According to the Participants of Seminers Following Things are Forbidded:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0 Polluting the surrounding of a mazar, especially cracking sunflower seeds because after that people throw leftovers;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0Doing bad and dirty things like drinking alcohol, smoking, having sexual intercourse, saying bad words;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0Taking away things belonging to a mazar;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0It is forbidden for women to visit sacred sites during menstruating cycle;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0Using firearms, which means the sound of firearms must not be heard;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0Coming with uncovered head, and for women wearing pants or jeans, and showing body parts except hands and face;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0Damaging the mazar\u2019s environment and changing the surrounding nature;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0Remove or break that which belongs to the mazars;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0Tying ribbons to branches of trees in mazars. When we asked why it is forbidden to tie ribbons to the branches, the participants of the seminar explained that the spiritual patron of the mazar chokes;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bringing food to sacred sites From people\u2019experiences of visiting and worshipping at sacred sites Tying ribbons to tree branches in sacred sites This text was published in the book \u2018Mazar Worship in Kyrgyzstan: Rituals and Practitioner in Talas\u2019 by Aigine, Bishkek, 2007. Translated from Kyrgyz. \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0A person who visits sacred sites must know the Quran; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10647"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11860,"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10647\/revisions\/11860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}