Ramadan

[Bevsie56]

When visiting a country on holiday accept their way of life, otherwise holiday in England!

[Scunner]

They didn't say they didn't want to accept it - they said they didn't want to see it.

[Karennina]

we were there once at this time and did see a few goats or sheep that were hanging up outside people's homes (looked like they had been skinned) and also saw a couple of goats turn up in a pick up truck opposite the hairdresser's we were at and a bucket and rather large knife were brought out, I did not want to witness what was going to happen next but kind of felt as though I wanted to see but then the goats were led round the back of the house....
Our property guy we with with took the time to explain about Ramadan and it was quite interesting to learn about it I was then actually quite pleased we had been there during this period....
I totally respected that it is part of Turkey and it's religion and culture....
maybe to the original poster of this thread Turkey is not the holiday destination for you....

[Highlander]

Karennina

Scunners answer applies. Why would someone not wish to holiday in Turkey just because they didn't want "to see" one particular ritual.

There must be many countries in the world which have rituals that other people find distasteful but it doesn't stop them gone on holiday to that country.

 

[bewva]

I did not wish to see bullfighting but it did not stop me going to Portugal or Spain. In fact I used to go to Albufeira and stay in a hotel 1/2 a mile from the bullring.

[Karennina]

Fair point Highlander   

[Scunner]

We British don't like to see such barbaric activity. That's us British, who make effigies of a man from 500 years ago, then take our kids out to see him being burned on a big bonfire  

[Steve (redding43)]

...and we happily eat clotted blood and dare to call it pudding!

[Highlander]

I rest my case  

[Scunner]

Me too




Religion makes us do things that would normally be quite ridiculous.