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A single large fanous lantern hung from a hook inside a pointed plaster niche. Its windows glow amber, and the star-and-dot pattern cut into its brass is thrown onto the wall around the niche as a grid of light that bows outward and fades into the dark at the edges.
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The Fanous

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What you seeA single large fanous lantern hung from a hook inside a pointed plaster niche. Its windows glow amber, and the star-and-dot pattern cut into its brass is thrown onto the wall around the niche as a grid of light that bows outward and fades into the dark at the edges.

What it meansThe fanous is the lantern of Ramadan: carried by children, hung in streets and windows, lit at sunset for thirty nights. Its pierced metal was made to scatter light, so the pattern on the wall is as much the lantern as the object itself.

Where it worksOne object, one colour of light, and a whole wall lit by it. For a hallway, a majlis or above a dining table during the month and long after.

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A lantern shop after dark: hexagonal, tall and round-bellied lanterns hung from the ceiling on chains at every height, shoulder to shoulder, each glowing amber against a deep plum ground.Lantern ShopNo. 2
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A long arcade of horseshoe arches seen straight down its length to a lit doorway at the far end. A lantern hangs from the crown of every other arch and throws a pool of light on the stone floor, the arches growing smaller and darker into the distance.Arcade at NightNo. 4
One cream candle standing on the sill of a pointed niche in a lime-washed wall. The niche is warm gold with the flame, and the glow softens the grey plaster around it and fades to shadow at the edges.Candle NicheNo. 5
A straight path at night, lined on both sides by lanterns on posts that grow larger as they come towards you. At the far end a dome and two slender minarets stand black against the indigo sky, with a crescent and stars above.Lantern PathNo. 6
A pointed window in a plum room at night. On the sill a round brass lantern burns beside a small dish of dates, and through the glass are the indigo sky, a crescent, a few stars and the dark shape of a dome with its gold finial.Lamp in the WindowNo. 7
Lanterns hung on a line above dark still water at night. Each lantern glows amber and its reflection lies below as a column of broken gold ripples, with a few stars in the sky above.Lanterns over WaterNo. 8
Hexagonal pierced lanterns hung in staggered rows on indigo, each with a small roof, ring and finial. Three patterns of piercing alternate, eight-point stars, a grid of dots and rings of small sparks, each lantern lit amber behind its brass and hung on its own thin rod.Pierced LanternsNo. 9

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