Yaarab Temple Shrine.
This menacing-looking wall hanging was seen inside the auditorium where the steel guitar show took place.
A previous version of this page stated that I wondered just how it was that the Shriners began adopting so much Arab iconography into their architecture and festival clothing.
The I got an email from a reader associated with the Temple and she explained:
"The Arabian ornamentation came from one of
the founding members, William J. Florence. He
was an actor and traveled quite extensively in
Also worth noting is the fact that the
Shriners now support their own 22 hospitals for
orthopedic and burned children, free of charge, in
North America, and
Date: 02/05/06
