Article 79DWZ Sharing sweet, deep-fried dough to remember loved ones

Sharing sweet, deep-fried dough to remember loved ones

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editors@theworld.org (Dorian Jones)
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In Turkey, families commemorate their loved ones by sharing lokma - a small, deep-fried desert - and by saying prayers for the departed. Lokmaci Baba, dubbed Papa Doughnut, rolls through Istanbul with his lokma-mobile when summoned by those who lost someone. Reporter Dorian Jones joined him to uncover the story behind this heartfelt ritual.

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