Bulgarian Muslim villagers pray for rich harvest

(6 Jul 2010)
AP Television
Village of Dolni Voden - June 27, 2010
1. Wide of farmer, Mustafa Caush and his wife, Sabie Molar, collecting onions at their farm for the Kurban festival
2. Close up of Molar's hand gathering onions into bundle
3. Wide of Caush collecting beans at his farm for the Kurban
4. Mid of Caush collecting beans
5. Close up of Caush collecting beans
6. Wide of Caush and Molar carrying buckets filled with onions
7. SOUNDBITE (Bulgarian) Mustafa Caush, Muslim farmer:
"Generally in our area near the village we cultivate onions, beans, seed onions, peas, tomatoes and pepper. My wife and I harvest onions and beans from 10 decare of land(10,000 square metres). We collect hundreds of kilograms of onions and beans to help with the Kurban cooking. Everybody from the village helps voluntarily as best he can."
8. Wide of people carving veal and preparing it
9. Mid of people carving veal and preparing it
10. Close up of people carving veal
11. Close up of man sharpening knife
12. Mid of man carrying veal, towards a table where a group of men are working
13. Close up of people putting diced veal in a bucket
14. Mid of man carving veal
15. Mid of two villagers watching
16. Close up of men carving veal
17. Mid of men carving veal on a table
18. Mid of man carving veal
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19. Wide of farmers cooking Kurban pots on fire
20. Close up of fire under Kurban pot
21. Mid of men stirring Kurban pots
AP Television
Village of Dolni Voden - June 27, 2010
22. Mid of men stirring Kurban pots
23. Close-up of logs burning in fire
24. Wide of man stirring Kurban
25. Close up of meat being stirred in Kurban
26. Wide of men cooking and stirring pots
27. Mid of men passing buckets of water for the Kurban
28. Mid of men standing near steaming pots
29. Mid of boys sitting on wall behind steaming pots
30. Mid of boy placing logs on the fire
31. Mid of steaming pots
32. Mid of local mosque
33. Close up of meat in Kurban being stirred
34. Mid of boy pouring rice into a pot
35. Mid of men stirring Kurbans
36. SOUNDBITE (Bulgarian) Suleiman Hadji Bekir, Imam of Dolni Voden:
"We have been preparing the Kurbans and celebrating the festival for the past 20 years. Our region is an agricultural region, people here produce onions, beans, tobacco, tomatoes, grapes. All people from all religions are invited to the festival. During the festival we pray for rain and a rich harvest. We pray there will not be any hailstorms and for the past 20 years there have not been any hailstorms in our area, there are only good rains and a rich harvest."
AP Television
Village of Dolni Voden - June 27, 2010
37. Close up of spoons being rinsed in a pot
38. Wide of men removing a Kurban from the fire
39. Mid of men stirring Kurbans
40. Close up of man stirring cooked stew
41. Wide of men carrying a Kurban pot on a log
42. Close up of spoon being used to taste stew
43. Mid of man tasting stew
44. Mid of flags in front of local mosque
45. Wide of visitors arriving for the festival
46. Wide of visitors walking up street leading to the festival
47. Mid rear view of Muslim girls sitting during prayer
48. Mid of Muslim girls sitting during prayer
49. Mid of Muslim girls sitting, reading the Quran (Koran)
50. Close up of a page of the Quran
51. Close of Muslim girl rearranging her headscarf
51. Mid of Muslim girls standing, singing from the Quran
52. Mid of Muslim man seated between Bulgarian (right) and European Union (left) flags UPSOUND: call to prayer
53. SOUNDBITE: (Bulgarian) Rejep Saban, Volunteer cook at Kurban festival:
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