1949-51_Vol.1J -    Note: 1a

Page: 1
Date: 4. 1. 49
Location: Istanbul
Note:


Istanbul April 1st - 3rd
{c: 1st arrival in Turkey. Unnumbered unclassified notes; how do you begin to take notes?
Hard covered note book 1. Page 1 Title "Miscellaneous Information and Observations" : p. 80 Sakaltutan Economics, Agriculture, Land Usage}

In the Sleymaniyah at noon.
(i) Special wash places outside
(ii) Carpetted floor - slippers provided
(iii) Children at play during prayers
(iv) Robed Imam leading in intoned aria, repeated by congregation
(v) Main crowd near Imam, but another line well behind them. Who ? Why ?
(vi) Women in a line behind these
(vii) Off trilbies etc., on woollen caps, carried in the pocket.
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