Odd Customs in Palestine Under Ban

The British government frowns on superstitions of the fellaheen

Transcribed from the clipping

“JAFFA, Palestine, Feb. 13.—The British administration in Palestine is trying to stamp out some of the peculiar superstitions of the fellaheen (peasants) and has appointed a committee of district governors to advise it as to the best method of attaining that purpose. After four years of occupation, the authorities are beginning to realize that superstition plays an important role in keeping the peasants in ignorance… It is a common practice for girls to visit the tombs of prophets and lay there pieces of their garments, believing that by so doing they are sure to get married soon.”

Context added by this archive

A colonial government legislating against village practice, which is something you can only do to a population that is there and is doing it. Honolulu, 1922.

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"Odd Customs in Palestine Under Ban," Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 26 March 1922. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1922-001. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1922-001

Elsewhere in the archive

The Situation in PalestineThe American Israelite · 6 July 1922 · the same year

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