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A Thousand Miles up the Nile Chapter II - Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage Part 2
In which we find ourselves amidst a bustling Cairo pageant, where diverse crowds gather in joyous disorder to witness the departure of a pilgrim caravan, complete with splendid military displays, ecstatic dervishes, and the revered mahmal borne proudly upon a camel. The following day, the quiet solemnity of a dervish convent contrasts sharply with the previous spectacle, as the mystical ceremony of the howling dervishes begins in a humble whitewashed hall accompanied by plaintive music and reverent invocations.
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