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Origin of the term "fakir"
The Arabic meaning of the word "fakir" speaks of a person's belonging to Indian poor monks, adherents of asceticism. The art of fakirs is based on the management of psychic energy, through its release from the inexhaustible reserves of the human subconscious. Fakirs are people who adhere to the "fundamental" teachings of yogis, preaching self-deepening and self-knowledge in order to penetrate into the mystery of the universe.
Yoga has several basic exercises, thanks to which a person, he is a fakir (yogi, dervish), is able mentally / bodily to achieve complete renunciation of everything worldly. Here, in fact, they are (exercises): many hours of standing on one leg; one point look a significant reduction in respiratory cycles (pranayama); performing a complex of asanas (special strength exercises).
The main "tricks" of fakirs
Cobra in the performances of fakirs plays a very interesting and voluminous role. "Conjurers" arrange demonstrated fights between this type of snake and their deadly opponent - the mongoose. Also, fakirs like to show mesmerizing numbers with cobra controls by playing a special pipe.
Dimitrius Longo (after one of his first posters is presented) is one of the first Russian fakirs, who has extraordinary abilities and has several inexplicable "tricks" in his assortment.
One of these is taking the eye out of its orbit with a spoon and demonstrating it to the first row of "goofy" spectators. Longo did not disdain the standard set of Indian "mystical" crafts: swallowing a sword, walking on glass, biting off a piece of a red-hot steel plate, fixing the body on a board studded with sharpened nails.
Speaking about the amazing numbers of fakirs, one should also outline several fatal outcomes on the stage. A well-known trickster named Augustus died at the end of the 19th century as a result of performing a trick with three swords and a light bulb fixed on the tip of one of them, which he swallowed into his stomach. The light turned off and the rays of the bulb broke through the abdominal skin covering of the fakir. Everything worked out until the moment when the light bulb burst in the middle of it - a fatal outcome.
Another case occurred with Ben-Baya (1916), who, lying on the floor, had to beat off daggers flying at him with his hands, but not orienting himself in time, ...
The attitude of scientists to this type of "tricks"
At one time, English physicists called the famous yogi Khusain to London, with whom a number of observations and experiments were carried out. In the circle of scientists, the yogi demonstrated walking on hot iron, the surface temperature of which was about 800 degrees. The youth who were in the room tried to repeat what had been done and received serious burns. Subsequently, the British came up with an assumption about a specially practiced walking (a special, short-term gait touching the coals), thereby avoiding skin burns.
Demonstration by fakirs of numbers - "crowns"!
Here I would like to describe a few tricks performed by fakirs from the category of "inexplicable":
Assistant - a boy, sitting on the ground, covered himself with a basket. After, there is a small dialogue between the fakir and the teenager, in which the magician tells the youth to dig underground. The boy claims that stones are in his way. The enraged fakir begins to pierce the basket with a pointed dagger. Blood appears and the boy's screams are heard - the audience is in shock. They can't stand it, drag the fakir away and convulsively throw off the basket, while observing that there is no one there. The audience, looking around, sees a completely unharmed boy standing at the other end of the arena.
- "Indian rope". The end of the rope is thrown by the fakir high up (through the air). The assistant climbs on him and disappears - after disobedience, get down, followed by a magician. After verbal indignation, the boy's cut body falls to the ground. A calm fakir goes downstairs - puts together a body from the cut parts and the assistant instantly comes to life, bypasses the audience and collects money for the number. Some viewers tried to capture it on the camera, but the developed pictures showed only a fakir, humbly sitting and watching the audience.
- "The Living Dead", "Buried Alive", "Fakir's Burial".
About a hundred years ago, a number was performed in the city of Lahore, the conditions for which excite the brain even today. Yogi Harida, closed in a special wooden sarcophagus, spent forty years without water and food! days. The guards changed every 2 hours. The awakening of the yogi took place in public - a tightly sewn bag was unsealed and confirmed (by a physician) the presence of a cold, lifeless (no heartbeat was felt, no pulse was felt) body. The fakir's apprentice started watering Harid warm water, removed the tampons from the nostrils and ears, unclenched his jaws and extended the tongue of the yogi. Harid sighed and immediately managed to get up.
The impressive abilities of fakirs make it impossible to talk about their divinity and the level of the highest enlightenment. So - as real masters never reveal - do not demonstrate their superhuman abilities!
Thematic material on the site:
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Books:
Louis Jacollio "Fakirs-enchanters" (fragment)
S. M. Makarov "The art of fakirs in Europe in the 19th-early 20th centuries"
Quotes:
Someone asked a wise man: Why are some women so quarrelsome?
The sage answered: As long as the fakir moves the flute, the cobra does not bite him.
If you surprise a woman, this is the way to conquer her, but if you take no further steps, then you will remain a fakir for an hour.
Question to the visiting yogi(s):
Have you ever watched the performance of fakirs? What tricks did they perform?
. Fakirs also Sufi religious beggars in India, a kind of wandering monks - dervishes.
In modern colloquial speech fakir- magician, yogi, animal trainer, spellcaster of diseases, interpreter of dreams, swallower of swords. AT figuratively- in general, any magician, magician.
In the last 20 years, a whole separate branch of show business has begun to develop, associated with fakirs. These are the so-called theaters of fire (fire show), the participants of which are mostly non-professional amateur artists working with various fire and pyrotechnic instruments. At the same time, fireworkers, i.e. fire show artists, should not be fully identified with the concept of a fakir, because. the latter are mainly limited to swallowing fire and blowing it, when, as firemen, they mainly manipulate various fire props (see fire show).
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Literature
- // Entertaining culture of Russia XVIII-XIX centuries. Essays on history and theory. - SPb., 2000, p. 464-480.
- Ivanova, A. A. . // Bulletin of Dnipropetrovsk University. Seriya: Moznavstvo 21, VIP. 19(2) (2013): 72-77. (Russian)
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FAKIR (Arabic, lit. - poor man) - .. 1) a wandering dervish ... 2) In India, in addition, a community servant, less often - a magician, trainer, healer (in the latter sense, the word "fakir" has become widespread in Europe )... 3) In Wed. Asia and North. Big encyclopedic dictionary
India, dirty and, in the truest sense of the word, spat on the streets. You walk through a crowd of idlers, as if through a tugai thicket. And suddenly the sound of a flute, and all in a single impulse rush to where a man naked to the waist is located. He is very swarthy. In his already not white skin color, the sun generously added the sun of blackness. He sits on a mat, in front of him is a wicker basket. There is no lid, something is stirring in the depths. The crowd freezes in anticipation of the spectacle.
The fakir plays and sways to the beat of the music. A cobra's head emerges from the basket. The hood is open, the snake freezes for a split second and also begins to sway. She moves in sync with the tamer. The tempo of the music becomes faster. There is no sound in the crowd, everyone is peering tensely, afraid to miss the climax. And suddenly the cobra makes a throw. It is almost imperceptible - swift and deadly. But the fakir is as dexterous as this king cobra! He ducked, a fraction of a second ahead of the bite. The crowd rejoices and easily parted with the money. The street magician is happy.
Who is this daredevil? A madman playing with death? No, this is a fakir, a wandering artist. He was taught from childhood to play with snakes. In India, cobras are treated with respect, they are excellent nannies and usually do not touch children. This snake is a variant of a pet, however, a very exotic one. There are many small scars on the body of the fakir. These are bite marks. Every time a person recovers hard and for a long time, but he does not give up his craft, everything that happens to him, treating with philosophical calmness. Many Europeans who have seen such a performance are sure that poisonous teeth have been removed from the cobra. I defend the fakirs: my teeth are in place, and their poison is extremely dangerous. To work with a cobra, you need a strong immune system. It is produced by accustoming a child to poison from an early age. Small doses do wonders - the nerve action of the poison is weakened. In addition, almost all fakirs have a low pain threshold.
We go further and again we see a crowd of onlookers. Here another fakir swallows a sword and knives, lets out jets of fire from his mouth. The audience applauds and cheers wildly. Coins fly into the bowl. Excellent! Today there will be food, and a roof over your head is also provided. But the performance is not over, because jugglers and acrobats enter the impromptu arena. The show goes on. But the fakir is free, he can move to the next street or go to rest.
I must say that in the East the word "fakir" does not at all mean a circus profession. This interpretation was invented by the Europeans. On circus posters announcing the performance, they usually wrote: “The fearless fakir and his poisonous cobras” or “The fakir is a fire swallower”. So this word has taken root in the circus lexicon.
In fact, a fakir is a dervish, that is, a monk who leads an ascetic lifestyle. He does not have a permanent place of residence, that is, an abode in which he could live and serve the Almighty. He wanders around the world, helps, where in word, and where in deed, to all those who are sick and suffering.
The desire for power is alien to the dervish, and he does not need all material goods. A piece of stale cake, a bowl of tea, or even plain water - that's all his meager diet. Sometimes rice, vegetables and fruits. Many dervishes never eat meat. None of them allow themselves excesses. Nothing. The dervish changes his clothes only when the old one decays and turns into rags. Here he is a real fakir, a wandering dervish, wandering around the world with the name of the Almighty on his lips.
Both meanings of this word are actively used in the lexicon of many countries of the world. And people treat each of these fakirs with admiration and respect. The former are respected for their skill and fearlessness, the latter for their steadfastness in faith.
who is a fakir? and got the best answer
Answer from Dmitry Egorov[guru]
In addition to the above, in India, a communal servant who performs Muslim rites related to the agricultural cycle.
Answer from Vage Gishian[guru]
The one who makes the show on playing with fire
Answer from Nina Sivkova[guru]
magician
Answer from Alina Klimova[guru]
Fakir (arab. فقیر - poor man) - originally a wandering adherent of Sufism, later (colloquially) the term came to mean a homeless ascetic in Hinduism. Fakirs are also Mohammedan religious beggars in India, a kind of wandering monks - dervishes.
In modern colloquial speech, a fakir is a magician, yogi, animal trainer, spellcaster of diseases, interpreter of dreams, swallower of swords. In a figurative sense - in general, any magician, magician.
In the last 20 years, a separate whole branch of show business associated with fakirs has begun to develop. These are the so-called theaters of fire (fire show), the participants of which are mostly non-professional amateur artists working with various fire and pyrotechnic instruments.
Answer from Andryukha[guru]
Fakir (arab. فقیر - poor man) - originally a wandering adherent of Sufism, later (colloquially) the term came to mean a homeless ascetic in Hinduism. Fakirs are also Mohammedan religious beggars in India, a kind of wandering monks - dervishes.
Answer from CAT BRAZILIO[guru]
there is such a site, it's called Wikipedia, don't you know or what?
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drunkard))
Answer from Yoergey Sh[guru]
always drunk magician
Answer from Yovetlaya[newbie]
FAKIR
masculine
1.
A Muslim ascetic who took a vow of begging, a dervish.
2.
European name for wandering magicians originally. coming from the countries of the East.
Answer from Fuck080707[newbie]
needy, poor. According to Islamic law, fakirs are people who are unable to pay zakat, the amount of which is established by Shariah. Such people are given part of the zakat and other donations from wealthier Muslims and are not required to cut the sacrifice (kurban). About fakirs, it is said in the Qur'anic verse: “Charity is intended only for the poor, the poor, those who are engaged [collecting and distributing], whose hearts they want to win, for the ransom [for the release] of slaves, [insolvent] debtors, for deeds in the name of Allah, travelers (9:60). The plural of the word fakir is fukara. This word can have a broader meaning and mean in general all of humanity, which needs means for its existence, unlike Allah. That is, all the people of Fuqarah and only Allah does not need anything. This position is enshrined in the Qur'anic verse "... you need Allah, and Allah is rich, glorious" (35: 15). In Sufism, the word "faqr", from which the fakir comes, means "need for the necessary." Under this necessity, which permeates the entire material and spiritual being of the Sufi, God is understood. This is how the above verse is understood. The term fakr is close to the concepts of tasawwuf and zuhd. Need (faqr) is of two types: material and spiritual. Possessing material wealth, it is necessary to realize that the true owner of all this is God. When realizing this, a spiritually exalted person always realizes himself as needy, poor. The concept of spiritual poverty helps a person not to be a slave to the material values he has accumulated, but does not prohibit their accumulation.
