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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.06,0:00:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.28,0:00:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Sadettin Kirmiziyüz.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.11,0:00:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am an assimilated agnostic migrant son,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.23,0:00:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my name, Sadettin, \Nmeans "Joy of Faith".
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.68,0:00:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was asked to give a short report
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.56,0:00:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the pilgrimage to Mecca\NI conducted in 2010 with my father.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.66,0:00:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have 18 minutes to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.63,0:00:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will try to make it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.72,0:00:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will take you through
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.66,0:00:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rituals you perform \Nduring this pilgrimage.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.03,0:00:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where should I point?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.57,0:00:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You apply for the Hajj with \Nthe Hollanda Diyanet Vakfi.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.61,0:00:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the Belgians: there's also\Na Belgica Diyanet Vakfi,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.30,0:01:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'll stick to the Dutch version.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.80,0:01:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a Dutch affiliated \Ndepartment of the Turkish
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.85,0:01:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Presidency of Religious Affairs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.67,0:01:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,founded in 1923 \Nafter Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.32,0:01:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abrogated the caliphate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.67,0:01:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The caliphate was the islamic pope.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.97,0:01:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You enlist here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.00,0:01:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You pay 3,500 euro and you get
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.95,0:01:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your airplane ticket, visum, \N4 weeks stay in a hotel
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.73,0:01:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.78,0:01:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hajji bag.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.84,0:01:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a survival kit.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.17,0:01:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It contains all sorts of things:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.53,0:01:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practical information, pictures, \Nbackgrounds, slippers,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.94,0:01:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scentless soap, towels,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.28,0:01:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Ihram -- the white garment you wear
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.00,0:01:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you are in the sacred state --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.80,0:01:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this prayer book.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.82,0:01:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You keep it safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.57,0:02:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get vaccinated against malaria, \Nstreptococcus, diphtheria, hepatitis,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.46,0:02:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meningitis -- hepatitis A, B, anything, polio,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.18,0:02:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you send your vaccination passport \Nand your passport
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.96,0:02:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Presidency of Religious Affairs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.97,0:02:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're done.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.75,0:02:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May God accept this pilgrimage\Nand make it easy for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.77,0:02:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For muslims, the Hajj is the culmination\Nof their religious life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.60,0:02:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To celebrate this, at Schiphol airport, \Nin my case,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.87,0:02:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousands of happy family members\Nsay goodbye to hundreds of Hajji.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.42,0:02:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a joint prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.78,0:02:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bless the journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.20,0:02:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those who stay behind \Nare solemnly promised
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.52,0:02:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they will be prayed for
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.50,0:02:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the house of God, \NBaitullah, the Ka'aba.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.35,0:02:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was at Schiphol too,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.70,0:02:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where happy family members said goodbye\Nto me and hundreds of Hajji.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.57,0:02:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next to me stood my girlfriend,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.67,0:02:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Judeo-Christian civilisation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.88,0:02:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we are standing there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.35,0:03:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the imam who will \Naccompany us, starts to pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.37,0:03:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say agnostic, yes I do,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.00,0:03:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I understand very well\Nthat this is a serious endeavour.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.37,0:03:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I raise my hands in prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.54,0:03:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and realise that my girlfriend, with whom \NI have been cohabiting for 7 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.27,0:03:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has never seen me praying \Nin all those years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.90,0:03:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Painful? Maybe.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.04,0:03:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even more painful is the fact\Nthat the prayer I am supposed to join in,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.46,0:03:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is unknown to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.22,0:03:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I playback. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.77,0:03:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Istanbul we enter the state of Ihram.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.42,0:03:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The garment is called Ihram.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.75,0:03:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sacred state has the same name.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.52,0:03:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a Hajji looking very much like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.57,0:03:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father helped me into this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.62,0:03:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no other way \Nto put on the garment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.80,0:03:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't do it alone,\Nyou help each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.95,0:03:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The belt I wear around my waist
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.95,0:04:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needed an extra hole,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.05,0:04:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because according to my father
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.82,0:04:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am thin because I smoke.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.10,0:04:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had to pray in Mecca\Nfor Allah to help me quit smoking.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.32,0:04:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To which I responded,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.77,0:04:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, yes? Do you think \NAllah will help me quit? Really?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.84,0:04:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said blandly, "Of course.\NIf you ask him, he helps you."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.10,0:04:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You tuck one cloth around your waist\Nand one over your shoulder.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.17,0:04:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As of that moment, the restrictions\Nof the sacred state apply.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.12,0:04:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The restrictions are:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.47,0:04:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no nail cuts, no haircuts, no shaving,\Nno scratching wounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.74,0:04:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no use of scents, no swearing,\Nno complaining, no fighting,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.42,0:04:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no underwear, no killing living beings\Nand no sex.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.47,0:04:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means no talking of sex,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.22,0:04:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no thinking of sex, (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.62,0:04:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for four weeks. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.15,0:04:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Infringements of these restrictions \Nrequire atonement,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.72,0:04:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spiritually and materially.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.47,0:04:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think "small gift to the poor".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.23,0:04:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the plane from Istanbul to Jedda --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.04,0:05:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't show you here,\Nbut Jedda is on the West Coast,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.15,0:05:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it says "Jiddah", near the Red See --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.74,0:05:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that plane there is \Nanother joint prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.77,0:05:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You use your folding table \Nto rest your forehead
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.97,0:05:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as of that moment \Nthe Talbiyah can be intoned,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.20,0:05:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a special pilgrimage prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.14,0:05:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Labbayk, Allahumma Labbayk! \NLabbayka La Shareeka laka labbayk!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.31,0:05:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Innal Hamda Wanni'mata. \NLaka Wal Mulka Laa Shareekalak
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.95,0:05:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No Hajji in the room?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.50,0:05:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Freely translated, it means,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.22,0:05:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Here I am, God, here I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.00,0:05:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I was meant to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.87,0:05:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thine is the honor and the glory."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.51,0:05:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when one Hajji intones
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.02,0:05:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this Talbiyah, the others \Nare supposed to join in.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.36,0:05:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you may happen to be on the bus
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.30,0:05:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Jedda to Mecca,\Nfour and a half hour through the desert,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.60,0:05:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are slowly \Nbut soundly falling asleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.82,0:05:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Hajji behind you may start,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.20,0:05:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Labbayka Allhumma labbayk, \Nlabbayka la shareeka,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.30,0:05:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you join in.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.37,0:05:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to get used to it,\Nbut believe me: you get used to anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.30,0:06:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we arrive in Mecca.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.55,0:06:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go straight to \Nthe sacred part of the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.75,0:06:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will not see Mecca itself \Nduring those four weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.59,0:06:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a replica of the Big Ben.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.10,0:06:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They built it there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.35,0:06:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father pointed out to me that it says\N"Allah" in Arabic on the Big Ben.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.35,0:06:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He thought that was very beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.65,0:06:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You check into your hotel \Nand as of that moment\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.03,0:06:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you no longer enjoy double citizenship.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.42,0:06:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are no longer a Belgian Moroccan\Nor a Dutch Turk,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.80,0:06:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are simply a Moroccan or a Turk.\NThat's all.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.05,0:06:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go on.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.67,0:06:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the Masjid al-Haram,\Nthe holy mosque,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.29,0:06:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that is where the Ka'aba is.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.95,0:06:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, Ka'aba just means "cube".
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.48,0:06:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What struck me immediately,\Nwas its architecture,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.70,0:06:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't mean the number of minarets
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.63,0:06:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or domes, or the beauty of the ornaments,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.87,0:06:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no, it was as if the architect \Nhad counted in
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.84,0:06:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the suspense generated by a first look
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.10,0:06:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Ka'aba.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.07,0:07:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because first you have \Nto walk around those walls.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.50,0:07:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a 500 to 600 meter walk.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.45,0:07:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know it is there, \Nthe Ka'aba. You feel it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.94,0:07:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Outside, Hajji are praying,\Nin that direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.28,0:07:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get closer
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.56,0:07:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you reach Gate 11.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.66,0:07:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You take off your slippers, \Nput them in a plastic bag,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.60,0:07:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put the bag in your backpack
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.31,0:07:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then -- astonishment
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.14,0:07:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I did not feel the way\NI thought I would feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.78,0:07:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that I didn't feel anything,\Nno mistake.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.98,0:07:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was different.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.57,0:07:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At home, in Amsterdam,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.75,0:07:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I listened a lot to Oum Kalsoum,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.94,0:07:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fairuz, sufi music, Verdi's Requiem,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.87,0:07:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put the volume up and thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.50,0:07:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, I will feel this, exactly this --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.17,0:07:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I wasn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.94,0:07:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not what everybody said\NI would feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.14,0:07:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father, on the bus \Nto the Masjid al-Haram,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.52,0:07:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Ka'aba is a magnet\Nand we are pieces of iron."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.05,0:07:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or my mother, who couldn't speak of it\Nwithout tears in her eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.98,0:07:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or my aunts, who called it\Nindescribable.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.37,0:08:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But astonishment too --\Nbecause I make jokes, I laugh,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.70,0:08:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say 'agnostic',
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.88,0:08:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I flirt with atheism, maybe,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.03,0:08:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there were times when I was different.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.64,0:08:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In every house I visited, \Nwhen I was a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.34,0:08:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every family member had a picture --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.49,0:08:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe this picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.80,0:08:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walk around, butterflies in my stomach,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.75,0:08:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this white speckled human hurricane,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.03,0:08:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pumped around this black pulsating heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.28,0:08:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,above me the moon and the stars,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.18,0:08:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allah on the Big Ben,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.80,0:08:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel the moon and the stars,\NGod on the Big Ben,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.00,0:08:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that black pulsating heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.95,0:08:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we perform the first real ritual:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.53,0:08:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Tawaaf, the procession.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.77,0:08:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the planets around the Sun,\Nthe Moon around the Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.54,0:08:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so does man revolve around God.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.75,0:08:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go round seven times,\Nanti clockwise.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.58,0:08:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are reciting prayers \Nfrom the prayer book,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.07,0:08:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a prayer for every round,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.87,0:09:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after seven rounds\Nwe perform a special prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.27,0:09:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to close the Tawaaf. Masha Allah,\Ncongratulations, you performed the Tawaaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.99,0:09:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go straight on.\NI have 9 minutes left.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.38,0:09:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go to the next ritual, the Sa'i.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.87,0:09:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Sa'i is a hike between to hilltops,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.20,0:09:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seffa and Merveh, currently situated\Nwithin the Masjid al-Haram resort.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.25,0:09:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a reconstruction.\NEverything is a reconstruction.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.47,0:09:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are enacting a big theatre play.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.88,0:09:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a reconstruction of the story of\NIbrahim, Abraham, Ibrahim --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.22,0:09:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whom God ordered to send his wife, Hagar,\Nand their son Ismail into the wilderness.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.22,0:09:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They arrive at this spot, there, in Mecca.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.14,0:09:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She understands very well\Nthat they will not survive,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.60,0:09:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looks for water,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.57,0:09:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stands on the hilltop \Nand puts down her baby,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.12,0:09:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she lacks the force to carry it,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.25,0:09:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and walks to the other hilltop.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.97,0:09:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She arrives at a ravine \Nshe needs to bridge
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.05,0:09:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to reach the hilltop.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.72,0:09:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she climbs down,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.24,0:09:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and upon arrival at the bottom,\Nshe panics: she can't see the baby,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.35,0:10:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she runs to the other side, climbs up,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.48,0:10:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looks, sees baby Ismail, \Nnothing happened, thank God --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.87,0:10:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looks around, sees nothing, runs back,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.28,0:10:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the ravine again, panic again,\Nrunning to baby Ismail.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.30,0:10:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She does this seven times.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.34,0:10:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After seven times, \Nshe is about to give up,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.77,0:10:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she finds God hasn't forgotten her.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.74,0:10:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An angel descends from heaven
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.97,0:10:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and kicks a hole in the ground\Nwith the tip of his wing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.65,0:10:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From that hole, pop!\Nwater, the Zamzam Well.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.38,0:10:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The part with the ravine
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.10,0:10:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is now indicated with green lights.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.07,0:10:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When pilgrims pass a green lamp,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.08,0:10:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are supposed to run \Nto the next ravine.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.38,0:10:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a reconstruction.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.77,0:10:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Zamzam Well still flows.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.78,0:10:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what did the Saudi do?\NVery smart:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.58,0:10:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they connected the source \Nto an intricate system
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.05,0:10:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of pumps, tubes, and kettles,\Nso that anywhere
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.26,0:10:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the enormous Masjid al-Haram resort,\Nall day long,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.47,0:10:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can drink Zamzam water.\NDelicious!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.68,0:11:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go straight on.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.10,0:11:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have ten days left to go to\Nthe Masjid al-Haram, as often as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.03,0:11:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do it at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.98,0:11:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too hot in daytime. It's 40° Celsius.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.28,0:11:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You rest during the day.\NWe go at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.27,0:11:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We use the special shuttle buses
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.15,0:11:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking us to the Masjid.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.72,0:11:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You perform a Tawaaf, 2, 3, 4, 5,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.68,0:11:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but most of all: you pray \Nas much as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.85,0:11:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pray, pray, pray, pray, pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.33,0:11:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not on your knees, Dear Lord Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.87,0:11:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no, the Salat, physical exercise.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.98,0:11:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because one prayer in the Masjid al-Haram,\Ncounts for a thousand.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.25,0:11:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the four weeks \Nthat I was in Saudi Arabia,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.52,0:11:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I prayed 247 times, of which 120 times\Nin the Masjid al-Haram.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.72,0:11:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Times thousand.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.35,0:11:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not bad, for an assimilated \Nagnostic migrant son, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.25,0:11:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After ten days we go \Nto the plain of Arafat.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.82,0:11:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number four.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.38,0:11:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We officially become Hajji.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.10,0:11:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mohamed gave his last sermon here,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.01,0:11:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all pilgrims present in Saudi Arabia
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.41,0:12:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gather on that plain.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.35,0:12:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,5.5 million people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.38,0:12:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We spend the night in tents,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.90,0:12:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men and women separated,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.03,0:12:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's hot, cramped,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.26,0:12:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's an exceptional \Namount of mosquitoes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.72,0:12:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which you are not allowed to kill.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.05,0:12:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not allowed to complain.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.82,0:12:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next day, there's a prayer service\Nlasting 5.5 hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.58,0:12:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is honoured, praised,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.98,0:12:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hymns are sung,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.45,0:12:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the end of the prayer,\Nyou congratulate each other:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.56,0:12:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Masha Allah, you became Hajji.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.82,0:12:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we are only half way through.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.53,0:12:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We move to number 5, Mozdalefah.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.58,0:12:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We collect pebbles
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.26,0:12:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what I think is \Nthe most spectacular part:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.42,0:12:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stoning of the devil.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.65,0:12:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You collect 49 pebbles, \Neach symbolizing a sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.13,0:12:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A bad quality.\NYou will cast them off.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.50,0:12:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stones cannot be \Nsmaller than a chickpea
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.65,0:12:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor bigger than a hazelnut.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.68,0:12:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had collected 49 pebbles \Nand was ready, at point 5,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.78,0:12:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to walk with my father to point 6, Mina,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.00,0:13:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where 3 giant pillars symbolize the devil.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.70,0:13:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were waiting for --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.30,0:13:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay. The Saudi authorities, \Nfor some reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.90,0:13:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had decided that all 140,000 Turkish Hajji\Npresent at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.15,0:13:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had to gather in an area that was hedged
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.83,0:13:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with fences, the standard kind
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.46,0:13:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you see here as well.\NHeras-fences, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.55,0:13:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was -- this is about 4 meter.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.35,0:13:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here was a gate that was closed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.63,0:13:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We stood in front of that gate.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.48,0:13:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along the area there was a road.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.48,0:13:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On that road there were buses\Nfull of pilgrims from other countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.71,0:13:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The road curved to the right,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.100,0:13:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we waited to cross the road.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.45,0:13:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it took a long time. \NLonger. And longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.26,0:13:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was crowded. More crowded. \NEven more crowded.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.38,0:13:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few hours earlier, \Nwe had run out of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.43,0:13:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But hey, this is a test. I am zen.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.56,0:13:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am calm. \NI will not be upset.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.100,0:13:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I lower my breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.35,0:13:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my father says,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.63,0:13:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I really don't feel like doing this, man.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.46,0:14:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to stand here, no way.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.50,0:14:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will go wrong."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.40,0:14:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, dad, come on! We've come this far.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.48,0:14:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's stone the devil together."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.86,0:14:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, no, no way, no way.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.58,0:14:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Got your phone?" "Yes, yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.23,0:14:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will stand on a quiet spot.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.65,0:14:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as you cross that gate,\Ncall me and we move on.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.65,0:14:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Fine, okay."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.56,0:14:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He leaves the crowd\Nand at that moment someone faints.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.23,0:14:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lady. The lady had a tougher time,\Nthey were covered.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.60,0:14:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone faints over there, \Nand there, and there.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.70,0:14:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone yells:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.85,0:14:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for heaven's sake, make room, \Nshe is dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.08,0:14:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which caused the Hajji standing there
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.36,0:14:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to yell that the damned fucking arabs\Nneeded to open the fucking gate
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.45,0:14:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he wanted \Nvalue for his 3,500 euro.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.55,0:14:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hajji, sabr, sabr, \Nwhat are you doing, think, think!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.33,0:14:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Hajji responds
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.25,0:14:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the son-of-such-and-such-woman \Nneeds to shut up
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.16,0:14:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or else he'll smack \Nthe teeth out of his mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.08,0:14:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As of that moment, things get hazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.42,0:14:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that suddenly \NI didn't feel the ground under my feet
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.26,0:14:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and before my mind's eye I saw images
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.35,0:15:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of '97, '98, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.65,0:15:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Hajji with distorted \Nlimbs and bloody Ihrams,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.12,0:15:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and okay, I know I am a skinny guy,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.76,0:15:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I have been in a mosh pit at a concert
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.30,0:15:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I know, mmmm!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.60,0:15:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was surrounded \Nby Turkish aunties, this high.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.86,0:15:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what happened to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.40,0:15:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just know that suddenly\NI was at the other side
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.66,0:15:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with stuff sticking to my legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.26,0:15:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I stand on someone? \NDid I fall? No idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.45,0:15:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can only walk, \Nso that I get the fuck out ...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.45,0:15:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't think fuck! Really not!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.95,0:15:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Run, run, run.\NI ran like hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.68,0:15:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because behind me on the road\N139,998 Turkish Hajji came up.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.80,0:15:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I ran, I took my phone
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.32,0:15:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I swear, as if the devil had it's way,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.65,0:15:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,battery empty.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.16,0:15:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lose everyone, my father,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.13,0:15:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other Dutch Hajji,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.41,0:15:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I walk alone for hours, 7 kilometer,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.13,0:15:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lost, along dusty roads,\Nlooking for water.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.98,0:15:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find a fountain \Nwith Zamzam water, finally,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.82,0:15:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get there and think,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.35,0:15:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've been having inappropriate thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.87,0:15:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will stone the devil.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.10,0:16:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will cast off my bad qualities --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.80,0:16:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have more than I can recount now,\Nbut I have little time --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.52,0:16:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, concentrate, Sadettin,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.98,0:16:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is still possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.82,0:16:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get a poach with the 49 stones.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.40,0:16:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I empty it in my hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.83,0:16:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From now on, never, really never --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.02,0:16:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then all hell breaks loose around me.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.93,0:16:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To my left are 3 Iranian Hajji.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.52,0:16:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Long beards, turban.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.53,0:16:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see slippers fly through the air.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.66,0:16:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A crutch flies by
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.30,0:16:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and luckily, just before that,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.88,0:16:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put on my face mask.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.58,0:16:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I start laughing out loud.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.83,0:16:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walk on to the hotel.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.81,0:16:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I enter the hotel,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.68,0:16:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I enter a store.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.13,0:16:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I buy three mars bars, three snicker bars,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.23,0:16:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one bottle of Mecca cola, \Na pack of cigarettes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.38,0:16:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sit in the lobby,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.62,0:16:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I eat the snickers, the marses,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.48,0:16:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I swallow the bottle of Mecca cola,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.13,0:16:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I light a cigarette and \Nsomeone taps on my shoulder.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.89,0:17:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And? How did it go, my boy?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.85,0:17:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was my father. All quiet and peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.86,0:17:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stoning of the Devil kicks off\Nthe Feast of the Sacrifice.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.57,0:17:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say "Sacrifice". Some say "Slaughter".
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.46,0:17:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I prefer 'Feast of the Sacrifice'.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.80,0:17:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It commemorates this scene:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.21,0:17:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the story of Abraham \Nwho is again put to the test.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.23,0:17:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God orders him to sacrifice his son.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.63,0:17:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Bible it's Isaac, \Nin the Quran it's Ismail.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.97,0:17:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's say it's Ismail.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.80,0:17:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the moment suprême, \Nthis moment, that is,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.96,0:17:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an angel descends from heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.12,0:17:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It points out this ram to Abraham,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.12,0:17:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the lower right corner,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.13,0:17:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with its horn entangled in the bush.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.45,0:17:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Feast of the Sacrifice, you might say
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.85,0:17:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commemorates the fact \Nthat we don't slaughter
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.02,0:17:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our children but our animals unstunned.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.08,0:17:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I offered a sheep too.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.60,0:17:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really. I kept the ticket.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.25,0:17:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is it? Here.\NCan you see it?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.88,0:17:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sharp eyes.\NIt says 410, doesn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.76,0:18:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take it.\NIt says 410 rial, doesn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.27,0:18:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saudi currency. Divide by 5.\N82 euro.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.27,0:18:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,82 euro to buy a sheep, \Nhave it slaughtered,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.13,0:18:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chopped up, fly across the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.58,0:18:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distributed among the poor and needy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.38,0:18:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven't seen the sheep.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.37,0:18:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Impossible. 5.5 million people\Nwho all want to be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.38,0:18:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slaughterhouses have limited capacity.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.12,0:18:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That ticket is proof of the sheep
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.70,0:18:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why I want it back.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.91,0:18:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the Feast of the Sacrifice \Nyou may shave off your hair
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.45,0:18:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a sign of literal transformation.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.18,0:18:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You leave part of yourself behind
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.26,0:18:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this sacred place.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.60,0:18:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only the men shave.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.63,0:18:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,5.5 million people, 60% males,\N80% of whom go bald.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.21,0:18:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means 2.4 million men.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.02,0:18:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It happens everywhere, this going bald.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.65,0:18:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result the streets of Mecca
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.58,0:18:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are covered in men's hair for three days.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.28,0:18:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you need to clean your slippers
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.65,0:18:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you enter your hotel room.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.95,0:19:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is him, Satan.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.68,0:19:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not really, it's a symbol.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.92,0:19:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You throw stones at it,\Nfor three days.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.18,0:19:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we pay a last visit \Nto the Masjid al-Haram.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.58,0:19:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We perform a farewell Tawaaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.23,0:19:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the last thing we do in Mecca.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.91,0:19:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go on to Medina
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.13,0:19:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to visit the mosque \Nand the grave of the prophet,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.70,0:19:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Masjid an-Nabawi, \Nthe prophet's mosque,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.02,0:19:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is built around Mohammed's grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.26,0:19:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We salute the grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.86,0:19:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Salute. Remember, no praying at the grave,\Nthat is not allowed.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.70,0:19:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is sherk, idolatry.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.96,0:19:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, Muhammad was a simple man, we salute.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.56,0:19:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you buy 7 kilos of dates,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.58,0:19:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you fill a jerry can \Nwith 10 liter of Zamzam water,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.55,0:19:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you buy an alarm \Nindicating the hours of prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.43,0:19:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having the call to prayer \Nas an alarm tone.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.73,0:19:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You buy it for your mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.25,0:20:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get onto the plane in Medina,\Nstop over at Istanbul.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.96,0:20:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You land at Schiphol airport.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.46,0:20:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are thousands of happy Turks.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.72,0:20:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are flowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.16,0:20:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is applause. Masha Allah.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.72,0:20:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You performed the Hajj.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.76,0:20:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)