The Bektashi believers of Vlora celebrated yesterday, the Ashura holiday, which is considered the most important day for them. In this ceremony, the Grandfather of the World Bektashian, His Holiness, Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj, also participated and greeted.
At 11:00, in the square in front of Kuzum Baba's well-known shrine, where the activity took place, many devotees and believers from Vlora and its surroundings had come; Bektashi clergy from the country's Quarter, Father Konstandin, Priest of the Orthodox Community in Vlora; representatives of other religious faiths in this district as well as friends and well-wishers.
In the greeting of the occasion, World Grandfather Dede Edmond Brahimaj, congratulated and blessed the participants, evoking the example of the martyrs of Karbala and giving messages of peace, love and unity. "...As the World Grandfather of Bektashism, I greet and bless you, Bektashian clergy brothers and other religious faiths, myhibs, local leaders and friends who have come to celebrate the traditional rite of Ashura, here in the historic teke of Kuzum Babai in Vlora. The more the years pass, the tragic event of Karbala and the blood of its martyrs, more and more become an example for us in our path of Hak. Moreover, in these difficult situations that we are going through, economic, social and with threatening outbreaks of war in Europe and beyond, it is required that we Bektashis, just like in our eight-century tradition, be in the right direction, reflect love , unity, fraternal solidarity, kindness, worship and hope in God Almighty, so that life returns to normality as soon as possible. It is the occasion here to thank all the brothers and thousands of Bektashian clerics who have worked in Kuzum Babai's teke over the years and decades, to greet the secretary of the Grandmother Alfred Lila, for the continuous efforts in creating the best possible conditions in this tekke and the Bektashian objects of this Bektashi Quarter.
I wish you and your families good luck and health always! God bless you! Amin!” affirmed, among others, in his greeting, the World Grandfather Bektashian, Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj.
After the ceremony, the Bektashi party continued at the lunch prepared for this occasion.
Media representatives were also present at this event, who widely covered the Ashura Day celebration in the Vlora district on television, radio and newspapers.
Prepared by:
Xhorxhin Çullhaj
