Blessing and Spitting

So I finally managed to make it to Dure Sheik Hussein (the fields of Sheik Hussein).  Twice a year there is a Muslim pilgrimage to this small mosque and historical home of the Sheik. According to the story he came and built this site nine hundred or so years ago in order to spread the Muslim religion. Now it is used as a site to come and listen to Imam preach, and to drink the lake water which is supposed to be blessed. I arrived on the big celebration day and was able to watch the stadium of worshipers, the dancers, and those who even to the late hours of the night sit outside the walls of the mosque and pray. The sun accommodated me in taking a couple good pictures so I'm hoping I can get a couple of them to send instead of just the one for today. Now I'm just waiting for the bus to leave and hoping the man going around asking for money and "blessing" people by spitting in their faces, (that's not a typo), doesn't see me.