. An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833, -34, and -35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825-28 . clothes ; or he merelydoes the latter at home, and, after having sujiped with aparty of his friends, waits till a little before the cshe (or time of the night-prayer), or until the third or fourthhour of the night, when, according to general custom,he should repair to some celebrated mosque, such as that * A correct description of this is given in Burckhardts Arabic Pro-verbs, ,116. t Gra
. An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833, -34, and -35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825-28 . clothes ; or he merelydoes the latter at home, and, after having sujiped with aparty of his friends, waits till a little before the cshe (or time of the night-prayer), or until the third or fourthhour of the night, when, according to general custom,he should repair to some celebrated mosque, such as that * A correct description of this is given in Burckhardts Arabic Pro-verbs, ,116. t Grand zeffehs are sometimes accompanied by a number of cai-s, eachbearing a trroup of persons of some manufacture or trade performing theusual work of their craft; even such as builders, Nvliitewashers, &c. ;including members of all, or almost all, the arts and manufactures prac-tised in the metropolis. 224 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. of the Hasaneyn, and there say his prayers. If young,he is generally lionoured with a zetieh on this occasion :he goes to the mosque j)recedeil by musicians with drumsand one or more hautboys, and accompanied by a number of friends, and by several men bearin jshals. Th. ms^iSi Meslials. meshal is a staffwith a cylindrical frame of iron at thetop filled with flaming wood, or having two, three, four,or five of these receptacles for fire. The party usuallyproceeds to the mosque w ith a quick pace, and withoutmuch order. A second group of musicians, with thesame instruments, or with drums only, closes the pro-cession. The bridegroom is generally dressed in akuftan with red stripes, and a red gibbeh, with a Kash- MAERIAGE. meer shawl of the same colour for his turban ; and walksbetween two friends similarly dressed. The prayers arecommonly performed merely as a matter of ceremony ;and it is frequently the case that the bridegroom doesnot pray at all, or ])rays without having previously per-formed the wudoo, like memlooks, who say their prayersonly because
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