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Sveti Nikola (Saint Nicholas)
​in Makedonski Brod, 5-7 May 2006​
​by Glenn Bowman

Bektashi and Helveti Sufi Muslims in the mixed Muslim Christian environs of Kicevo come throughout the year the tiny Macedonian Orthodox chapel of Sveti Nikola to take blessings and to give gifts. The chapel, originally the burial shrine of H’d’r baba, the founder of a Bektashi tekke, was desacralized during the Titoist period and subsequently consecrated as a Christian chapel. Normally, Sufi and Christian icons decorate the walls while the floors are carpeted. In preparation for the 6 May liturgy for St George, local Christians roll up the carpets and hide the Sufi images behind the iconostasis. After the liturgy Bektashis come to the tomb of H’d’r baba (covering it with gifts and a green cloth) and sacrificing a lamb. Later, the Orthodox replace the carpets and rehang the Sufi images. On the 7th, Halveti Sufis visit, praying to H’d’r baba, engaging fulsomely with the priest and the aged Orthodox caretaker, and attempting divination on her son to assess why he has not yet found a wife.
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Professor Glenn Bowman is Emeritus Professor of Socio-Cultural Anthropology at the University of Kent at Canterbury, and author of numerous works on shared religious sites. 
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  • Home
  • About
  • Exhibition
    • Dionigi Albera
    • Maria Angel
    • Philippe Antoine Martinez
    • Glenn Bowman >
      • Al-Khadr (series)
      • Sveti Nikola (series)
    • Helen Cornish
    • Susannah Crockford
    • Lene Faust
    • Jackie Feldman
    • Maria Chiara Giorda, Luca Bossi, Daniele Campobenedetto & Equoatelier
    • Emrah Gökdemir
    • Safet HadžiMuhamedović
    • Vanja Hamzić
    • Guy Hayward
    • Jens Kreinath
    • Federica Manfredi
    • Ashim Kumar Manna
    • Reza Masoudi
    • Jason Minton Brown
    • Manoël Pénicaud
    • Marlene Schäfers
    • Jesko Schmoller
    • Tom Selwyn
    • Olga Sicilia
    • Konrad Siekierski
    • Yogesh Snehi
    • Yuri Stoyanov
    • Jill J. Tan
    • Samuel Tettner
  • Symposium
    • About the symposium
    • Yogesh Snehi
    • Glenn Bowman
    • Tom Selwyn
    • Ioan Cozma, Maria Chiara Giorda and Silvia Omenetto
    • Bojan Baskar
    • Dionigi Albera
    • Emrah Gökdemir
    • Yael Navaro
    • Ethel Sara Wolper
    • Yuri Stoyanov
    • Manoël Pénicaud
    • Jens Kreinath
  • Panel
  • Contact
  • Related Projects
    • The Xenia Series
    • CIP Summer School in Inter-Faith Relations
    • Cambridge in Your Classroom
    • Anthropology of Travel, Tourism and Pilgrimage Summer School
    • Bosnian Landscapes