Muslim Easter Sunday in Mostar, Bosnia

Two girls in hijabs with tan skin and almond-shaped eyes hold a selfie stick.  They snap several photos on the apex of the iconic Mostar Bridge.  They giggle uncontrollably, then run back to a large tour group, where they show the photos to their significant others.  After they take more pictures, their tour guide hurries them across the bridge.

Today is Easter Sunday in Mostar, Bosnia.  The historic Old Town teems with Muslim tourists.  Yet most of them have Asiatic features and dark skin.  The language they speak is sing-song, without the harsh, guttural tones of Arabic languages.

I can only guess from this that most of these tourists come from Indonesia, which has the largest Muslim population in the world.

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