Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Ezan: Call to Prayer

Every day, six times a day, there is the call to prayer from every neighborhood mescit ("chapel") and congregational cami (mosque). The times are calculated according to the season, and right now, the ezan is chanted at 3:46am (to wake people up), 5:51am (the first morning prayer), 1:22pm, 5:17pm, 8:32pm, and 10:18pm. We can usually hear several ezan at the same time. Here are a couple of recordings. I can't say much about the camera-work, but the sound is interesting.



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