This past Wednesday night was our Arab Culture Night!! We got all dressed up in our Arabian attire, had an authentic Arabian dinner, and then learned some Arabian dances. It was really fun and interesting to be able to experience a little bit of the culture here. We also had two famous world renowned locals who read the Qur'an at the Al Aqsa mosque here in Jerusalem come and show off their skills to us. They have memorized the entire Qur'an (imagine memorizing the Book of Mormon), so that in and of itself is amazing. Then they use their voices to make reciting the memorized passages musical and almost song-like. Way cool. So anywho they recited some of the Qur'an to us, as well as did the "Call to Prayer." The Muslims pray five times a day, and thus we hear the Call to Prayer five times a day here because they play it over a loud speaker over the whole city (the first one being at 4:30 a.m.). Anywho...moral of the story was that it was a great night! It takes forever to upload photos here...so here are only two of the better pictures I have from the festivities. :)
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| Oh Geoff... |
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| Aladdin (Nathan) and I |
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