Sufi Ceremony

A Kasnazani dervish in a trance pushes a skewer through his throat during a remembrance (dhikr) ceremony in Sanandaj (or Senna), capital of the Kurdistan province of Iran, 17th July 1997. Kasnazani dervishes believe that body piercing with knives and skewers, drinking poison, eating glass or stone, and running electric currents through the body are all signs of being blessed by God. Kasnazanis are adherents of one of the main two branches of Qadiriyyah, which is one of the oldest Sufi tariqahs. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
A Kasnazani dervish in a trance pushes a skewer through his throat during a remembrance (dhikr) ceremony in Sanandaj (or Senna), capital of the Kurdistan province of Iran, 17th July 1997. Kasnazani dervishes believe that body piercing with knives and skewers, drinking poison, eating glass or stone, and running electric currents through the body are all signs of being blessed by God. Kasnazanis are adherents of one of the main two branches of Qadiriyyah, which is one of the oldest Sufi tariqahs. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
Sufi Ceremony
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Credit:
Kaveh Kazemi / Contributor
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82570371
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Hulton Archive
Date created:
July 17, 1997
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