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  • ANKARA: Pagan Ritual Held On Mount Nemrut

    PAGAN RITUAL HELD ON MOUNT NEMRUT

    Daily Sabah, Turkey
    July 4 2014

    A group of 34 Armenian tourists held a religious ceremony after they
    watched the sun rise over the spectacular Mount Nemrut in Adıyaman. As
    a part of their Anatolia tour, the pagan tourists arrived to the
    district of Kahta, where Mount Nemrut is located. The group climbed to
    the top of the mountain reaching up to 2,606 meters. Armenian people
    residing in Kahta accompanied the tourists.

    The religious ceremony led by a priest known as a "kurm" started with
    heating a number of knives in a special bowl. It ended in roughly an
    hour after the rites were completed, and then the participants were
    offered some tastes of traditional Armenian cuisine. In his statement
    to reporters, tourist Gagik Hayrabetyan said Mount Nemrut and Van
    province are two important sacred places for Armenian pagans. "For
    us, Mount Nemrut symbolizes peace. We will continue our religious
    ceremonies every year on this divine landscape," he said.

    The group includes people from different professions such as
    businessmen, authors, soldiers, doctors and musicians. The Armenian
    tourists wished peace for all mankind. As one of the most popular
    travel destinations, Mount Nemrut is the temple-tomb and house of
    the gods built by the late Hellenistic King Antiochus I of Commagene.

    http://www.dailysabah.com/travel/2014/07/05/pagan-ritual-held-on-mount-nemrut

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