Yesterday, in the village of Harabati-Baba in Northern Macedonia, at the traditional Ashura holiday, which is held at the end of Matem. The ceremony took place under the care of the Bektashi World Grandfather, His Holiness, Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj. For this marked day, the locals had taken all the measures, while in this ceremony, there were clerics, monks and believers from North Macedonia, Bektashi believers and many well-wishers and from Kosovo, Albania and the diaspora.
Dede Edmond Brahimaj led the traditional rites. In his greeting, he congratulated all those who kept Matem, evoking the details of the tragic events of Karbala centuries ago, as well as the messages that they have conveyed and continue to convey among generations of Bektashi believers, everywhere in the world. "I thank and bless all of you benevolent believers who have historically come here to the tekke of Harabati-Baba in Tetovo, North Macedonia, to this bright hearth that has made its name in the things of Bektashism, but also in that of endurance. national, patriotism and knowledge. ...As you know, in recent times, this great Bektashi facility, from malicious circles, has become the object of multi-faceted attacks, but as of now, they are right and they are wrong, since the right, the belief in God the Great, is on our side. May health, prosperity and goodness in your families! May God bless you!"- emphasized in his message, the World Grandfather Bektashian, Dede Edmond Brahimaj.
After the traditional rites, those present enjoyed people's ashura for the occasion.
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