Qizilbash Zaza dance the Semah, a religious Alevi dance, in public: Adiyaman, SE Turkey
It is rather a matter of historical irony to notice those depicted on the big billboards in the building behind the square where Qizilbash Zaza dance the Semah, a religious dance in Adiyaman, SE Turkey Watch this part: 10:2210:31 From the right to the left, you can see: 1 Ali: first imam and fourth caliph of Islam, central person for the Shiites 2 Haji Bektash: 13th c. Islamic philosopher, mystic, founder of the Bektashi Order 3 Kemal Ataturk 4 The national flag of Turkey 5 The advertisement of an organization or event, and 6 Seyid Riza (in Zazaki: Pîr Sey Riza): born in Tunceli (previously known as Dersim) in 1863, he was condemned to death and hanged in Elazig in 1937. He was a Bektashi religious leader of the Zazas and started the rebellion against Kemal Ataturk. Zazas are closer to Alevi Turks than to Sunni Kermanji (: Kurds ), thus defying altogether Erdogan, the Islamists, and the Western secret services and diplomats who will thus fail to fabricate a socalled Kurdistan.
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