Tehran, YJC. Shahdad is the hottest place on earth with a temperature of 70° C, yet there are people there who fast Ramadan.
Shahdad is the last residence on the southern side of the
Dasht-e Lut in Kerman province, south-east Iran.
In the past few days the local meteorology bureau has
reported it as the area’s hottest spot.
Sometimes with 70° C, Shahdad is said to be the hottest spot
on earth, yet there are people in this area who observe the Islamic rite of
fasting in the month of Ramadan, taking neither a bite nor a drought from dawn
to dusk.
The people’s livelihood depends mostly on the horticulture
of dates.
The area has recently gone through a serious decline in
water supply and the increasing summer heat is a real burden on those who have
to work in the garden.
Despite all the hardship there are those who fast Ramadan
and in the meantime, try to adjust their lifestyle to the demands of it by
keeping home as much as possible at the hours when the sun is high.