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DetlefK

(16,423 posts) Mon Jul 18, 2016, 05:58 AM Jul 2016

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Do muslim countries have medieval fairs?

In Europe, there are medieval fairs. People in medieval dresses, medieval food and drink, trinkets and toys imitating objects from medieval life, craftsmen (e.g. blacksmiths, scriveners, brewers, bowmen, tailors) showing off their medieval trade ...

Is there something similar in muslim countries?
Do they have such a cultural interest to compare the present and the past?

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Do muslim countries have medieval fairs? (Original Post) DetlefK Jul 2016 OP

I'm not an expert, but I believe Muslim society generally frowns on non-religious festivals. Nitram Jul 2016 #1

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Nitram

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1. I'm not an expert, but I believe Muslim society generally frowns on non-religious festivals.

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Mon Jul 18, 2016, 02:01 PM

Jul 2016

In Muslim Africa, however, I've seen dances depicting medieval battles on horseback.

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