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A little while
back, leaving the local “swimming hole” frequented by residents and
summer tourists, I noticed a large group of dark-clad visitors sitting
in a circle and solemnly keeping what appeared to be a meditative vigil.
They had occupied a considerable space where others would normally pass
on their way to one of the promontories leading to the river. They were
obviously Muslims, probably an extended family, conspicuously observing
the traditions of their native culture and, oblivious to their
surroundings and the people who had to detour by an arduous route around
them, preparing no doubt to face the Qiblah (direction to Mecca) and to devote themselves to prayer.
