225.Old Mosque

I was going to tell you about this mosque but I got into another subject.

This mosque has two main areas. The room where I live is about 16 X 20 feet and it’s floored with carpets. There is a small entry area where you come in and take off your shoes and then step on the carpets. The carpets are, of course, very beautiful and also very expensive. We sit on the floor here in either a kneeling position or in a cross-legged posture and there are several cushions in the room so that those who don’t like just sitting on the carpets can use the cushions. I usually grab a cushion because my legs aren’t quite used to sitting for the long periods of time that my friends enjoy sitting.

The mosque is built of stone. The walls, I guess, are three or four feet thick. The ceiling is arched and the whole interior is painted white with blue trim. This is down in the old section of town and there is a farmyard—it’s odd—on one side there is a city street and on the other side there are a bunch of chickens—so before this tape is over you may hear some chickens crowing.

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