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Hashish Bins

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A '''Tekke''' ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: تكيه tekke, tekye; [[Arabic language|Arabic]] زاوية zāwiya, pl. زوايا zawāyā; [[Persian language|Persian]] درگاه dargāh bzw. خانگاه chānegāh und خانقاه chāneghāh) is a center of [[Sufi]] rituals and is also meant to serve as a place of protection, asylum and for retreat. The Tekke has often been compared to a [[Christian]] [[monastery]].

Dhikr ceremonies mainly take place at tekkes, these ceremonies consist of the chanting of the 99 Names of Allah; in addition, a tekke can serve as a place of study or for other work.

==Hashish Bins==
[[Image:Tekkes.jpg|thumb|250px|An old time hashish bin]]In Greece, the hash den was known as a tekkes - from the Turkish tekke, meaning dervish convent - and the [[rebetiko|rebetes]] who frequented these dens sometimes referred to themselves as 'dervishes'. Hashish cost virtually nothing and was a poor man's way of forgetting life's troubles. There are songs aplenty celebrating the smoking of hashish (in fact two Danish rebetologists have produced a whole book of them, and a French company recently issued a record of hash-den songs).

Tekkedes were frequently raided, and if people were caught singing [[rebetika]] (or indeed playing the [[bouzouki]]), they were likely to be taken for dissolute hash-smokers and shipped off to internal exile.

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	Tekkedes were frequently raided, and if people were caught singing [[rebetika]] (or indeed playing the [[bouzouki]]), they were likely to be taken for dissolute hash-smokers and shipped off to internal exile. Many [[bouzouki]] players are said to have switched to the [[baglamas]] - a much smaller instrument - so they could hide it should the police raid their place.		Tekkedes were frequently raided, and if people were caught singing [[rebetika]] (or indeed playing the [[bouzouki]]), they were likely to be taken for dissolute hash-smokers and shipped off to internal exile. Many [[bouzouki]] players are said to have switched to the [[baglamas]] - a much smaller instrument - so they could hide it should the police raid their place.
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	[[Image:Tekkes.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|An old time hashish bin]]In Greece, the hash den was known as a tekkes - from the Turkish tekke, meaning dervish convent - and the [[rebetiko\|rebetes]] who frequented these dens sometimes referred to themselves as 'dervishes'. Hashish cost virtually nothing and was a poor man's way of forgetting life's troubles. There are songs aplenty celebrating the smoking of hashish (in fact two Danish rebetologists have produced a whole book of them, and a French company recently issued a record of hash-den songs).		[[Image:Tekkes.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|An old time hashish bin]]In Greece, the hash den was known as a tekkes - from the Turkish tekke, meaning dervish convent - and the [[rebetiko\|rebetes]] who frequented these dens sometimes referred to themselves as 'dervishes'. Hashish cost virtually nothing and was a poor man's way of forgetting life's troubles. There are songs aplenty celebrating the smoking of hashish (in fact two Danish rebetologists have produced a whole book of them, and a French company recently issued a record of hash-den songs).

−	Tekkedes were frequently raided, and if people were caught singing [[rebetika]] (or indeed playing the [[bouzouki]]), they were likely to be taken for dissolute hash-smokers and shipped off to internal exile.	+	Tekkedes were frequently raided, and if people were caught singing [[rebetika]] (or indeed playing the [[bouzouki]]), they were likely to be taken for dissolute hash-smokers and shipped off to internal exile. Many [[bouzouki]] players are said to have switched to the [[baglamas]] - a much smaller instrument - so they could hide it should the police raid their place.

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−	A '''Tekke''' ([[Turkish ~~language\|Turkish]]~~: تكيه tekke, tekye; [[Arabic ~~language\|Arabic]]~~ زاوية zāwiya, pl. زوايا zawāyā; ~~[[Persian language\|~~Persian]] درگاه dargāh bzw. خانگاه chānegāh und خانقاه chāneghāh) is a center of [[Sufi]] rituals and is also meant to serve as a place of protection, asylum and for retreat. The Tekke has often been compared to a [[Christian]] [[monastery]].	+	A '''Tekke''' (Turkish: تكيه tekke, tekye; Arabic زاوية zāwiya, pl. زوايا zawāyā; Persian درگاه dargāh bzw. خانگاه chānegāh und خانقاه chāneghāh) is a center of Sufi rituals and is also meant to serve as a place of protection, asylum and for retreat. The Tekke has often been compared to a [[Christian]] [[monastery]].

	Dhikr ceremonies mainly take place at tekkes, these ceremonies consist of the chanting of the 99 Names of Allah; in addition, a tekke can serve as a place of study or for other work.		Dhikr ceremonies mainly take place at tekkes, these ceremonies consist of the chanting of the 99 Names of Allah; in addition, a tekke can serve as a place of study or for other work.