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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  MOHAMMEDANISM 
  S 
  LARGEST 
  GATEWAY 
  TO 
  PARADISE) 
  

  

  The 
  Buyuk 
  Mezaristan, 
  in 
  Scutari, 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  largest 
  Moslem 
  cemetery. 
  From 
  

   Stamboul 
  one 
  can 
  plainly 
  see 
  the 
  forest 
  of 
  dark 
  cypress 
  trees 
  that 
  marks 
  the 
  spot. 
  These, 
  

   "the 
  only 
  constant 
  mourners 
  of 
  the 
  dead," 
  have 
  long 
  been 
  a 
  distinguishing 
  feature 
  of 
  Turkish 
  

   cemeteries, 
  where 
  a 
  new 
  tree 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  planted 
  for 
  each 
  new 
  tomb. 
  

  

  Photographs 
  by 
  Solita 
  Solano 
  

  

  A 
  PASTURlv 
  GROUND 
  AMONG 
  THE 
  DKAD 
  

  

  Sacred 
  as 
  is 
  a 
  Turkish 
  cemetery, 
  the 
  Moslems 
  do 
  not 
  feel 
  that 
  a 
  burial 
  ground 
  is 
  solely 
  

   for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  the 
  dead. 
  The 
  cemetery 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  the 
  woman's 
  club, 
  as 
  the 
  coffee- 
  

   house 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  man's, 
  and 
  here 
  in 
  Scutari 
  some 
  thrifty 
  herdsmen 
  graze 
  their 
  oxen 
  among 
  

   the 
  gaily 
  painted 
  tombs, 
  well 
  knowing 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  safe 
  till 
  evening 
  time. 
  

  

  