Qizilbash Zaza dance the Semah, a religious Alevi dance, in public: Adiyaman, SE Turkey

It is rather a matter of historical irony to notice those depicted on the big billboards in the building behind the square where Qizilbash Zaza dance the Semah, a religious dance in Adiyaman, SE Turkey! Watch this part: 10:22–10:31 From the right to the left, you can see: 1- Ali: first imam and fourth caliph of Islam, central person for the Shiites 2- Haji Bektash: 13th c. Islamic philosopher, mystic, founder of the Bektashi Order 3- Kemal Ataturk 4- The national flag of Turkey 5- The advertisement of an organization or event, and 6- Seyid Riza (in Zazaki: Pîr Sey Riza): born in Tunceli (previously known as Dersim) in 1863, he was condemned to death and hanged in Elazig in 1937. He was a Bektashi religious leader of the Zazas and started the rebellion against Kemal Ataturk. Zazas are closer to Alevi Turks than to Sunni Kermanji (: ’Kurds’), thus defying altogether Erdogan, the Islamists, and the Western secret services and diplomats who will thus fail to fabricate a so-called ’Kurdistan’.