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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 566567, member: 2844&quot;]Thank you for the clarification, I was wondering about that, because from my theology study I know the Mandaeans to be a Gnostic group of non-Arab origin. Their language is closely related to Aramaic.</p><p>The Marsh Arabs are known as a very conservative Arab Muslim group. They speak a form of Arabic.</p><p>Here is a bit from wikipedia on the Mandaeans:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Pre-Iraq War, The Iraqi Mandaean community was centered in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" rel="nofollow">Baghdad</a>. The Mandeans originate, however, from southern Iraq in cities like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasiriyah" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasiriyah" rel="nofollow">Nasiriyah</a>. Many also live across the border in Southwestern Iran in the cities of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahvaz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahvaz" rel="nofollow">Ahvaz</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorramshahr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorramshahr" rel="nofollow">Khorramshahr</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaeans#cite_note-23" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaeans#cite_note-23" rel="nofollow">[23]</a> Mandaean emigration from Iraq began during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" rel="nofollow">Saddam Hussein</a>&#039;s rule, but accelerated greatly after the American-led invasion and subsequent occupation.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaeans#cite_note-exodus-24" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaeans#cite_note-exodus-24" rel="nofollow">[24]&quot;</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That means the Mandaeans were city dwellers, which makes sense if you are a gold/silversmith. Nasiriyah is a proper city, the fourth largest in Iraq.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheryl, I think they are two very different groups.</p><p>These are Marsh Arabs, the women generally wear black and are not allowed to go to school, etc. The families live off the reed harvest, some fishing and the produce of their tiny cottage gardens.</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FDLXqLkFXoAAbUV1.jpg&amp;sp=4acbcd6cd16afcde855aeb03f77c2d1c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Marsh Arab settlement:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Fimageserver%2Fimage%2Fmethode%252Ftimes%252Fprod%252Fweb%252Fbin%252Fee317dfe-c185-11e8-b39e-4a881a3e11ca.jpg%3Fcrop%3D3600%252C2400%252C0%252C0&amp;sp=e373a3226015b419c35d838c50e45f56" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mandaean Baptism ceremony in the Lek river in the Netherlands, men and women wearing white in the Gnostic manner:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonshouten.nl%2Fimages%2Fslideshows%2F2015%2Fdoop%2520Mandaean%2F%28c%29%2520Hans%2520Geerlings_Doop%2520Mandaean19.jpg&amp;sp=9efae7dfd0c78217daf89bbba1ab012b" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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