Initiation of a Priest (Slideshow)
Initiation of a Priest
Photographs from the initiation of Anmar al-Zuhairi, Baghdad, 2008. This process is long and complex, comprising many rituals, some of which are performed differently from other occasions. Click on an image to start the slideshow. Each photo is captioned. In the 'Relation' field to the right of the page, we have included a link to another website showing E.S. Drower's classic description of the initiation, compiled from her research in the 1930s.
Yuhana Nashmi
Anmar al Zuhairi, Sattar Jabbar Hilow
2008
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https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.283498/2015.283498.The-Mandaeans#page/n225/search/149
Still images
English
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Iraq
Sydney 2014 Masiqta 13: Rishama (Ritual of Simple Ablution)
Rishamma Salah, and Tarmidas Waleed and Assad perform the Rishama (Ritual of Simple Ablution)
Rishamma Salah, and Tarmidas Waleed and Assad perform the Rishama (Ritual of Simple Ablution)
Yuhana Nashmi
Rishamma Salah, Tarmida Waleed, and Tarmida Assad
March 2014
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Sydney 2014 Masbuta 01: Rishama (Ablution)
Tarmida Asaad performs rishama, the simple ablution
7 images
Yuhana Nashmi
Tarmida Asaad
March 2014
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Australia
Sydney 2014 (Day 1): Masbuta (unedited clips)
The following clips are of the Masbuta ritual, included in which is the baptism for Shkandi, Drabsha and the prayer for the Drabsha before baptism as well as the prayer for the Drabsha in preparation for the Baptism. In addition, there is also the baptism of a priest.
Tarmida Assad Othmani is performing the the Rishama and Tarmida Waleed Abadi is performing the Tamasha.
Yuhana Nashmi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJtV662VFM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJIniSAcIt4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2_PZoq_s-0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywoC8LyERHw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZmF_Pdd3TA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUaNeH25OUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHlVADbVsFY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRakWft2yi0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YWy8jX-NPo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RELfi8u0Btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtbwdYVSLNo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfcElotEweA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9XkD9H9osQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYlNgmUjpT0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KyXZLvXiXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHuF03Awm60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwbKi8tzG3E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or47J6udU2g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l5lqBcp6Rc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSBbiysxslA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByO_ooN_3PE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhACDvcBptY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtDEjvdKBPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivqNFUrcEAE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z2Pgg-ARZY
Arabic
Aramaic