We were invited to this Alevi wedding reception by our housekeeper, who is just right of center in the line of dancers.

Alevism is a branch of Shi'a Islam that is practiced in Turkey and the Balkans among ethnic Turks and Kurds and is related to -- though distinct from -- Alawism in Syria. Alevis make up 20 percent of Turkish Muslims and comprise Turkey's largest religious minority community.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by PBase are decidedly unsharp.

Hidden mural, posted earlier: