The Ritual of the Fasting Malang

The Ritual of the Fasting Malang, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Every year during the annual Urus of Haji Malang Baba, a Malang from the Malang order sits on the Gaddi or royal seat for three days in one position, for three days he does not eat or drink and ignores the call of nature completely.

On the final day he is bought out by the various chowks , his fast is bought to an end , his underwear is checked for urine drops, if there is a trace he will be debarred from sitting on the gaddi in future..

His fast broken than outside the dargah he is given a bath, dressed , this is the second time I shot this event .
After this ritual there is a Qawwali programme that comes to an end at the time of the azan.

The next night is the dhamal of the various Sufi orders , and this is a must see , hardcore body piercing cutting the tongue, piercing the eyeballs and sword fencing to inflict pain..without bleeding of course.