Tourists Flock to Penis Cemetery

Isolated border graveyard a growing destination in Iran
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 15, 2010 4:00 AM CST
Visitors Flock to Iran Penis Cemetery
Stone penises similar to this one pepper the Khalid Nabi cemetery in Iran.   (?Stephane Tougard)

It's not exactly the naked and the dead, but an isolated cemetery is becoming a growing thrill for erotica-starved Iranians, who flock to the site to stare, agog, at giant moss-covered stone penises (and vaginas) posing as tombstones at the Khalid Nabi cemetery in northeast Iran. It's unclear why the graveyard on the Turkmenistan border became so genitalia-obsessed. A shrine at the site is believed to house the remains of prophet Khalid Nab, born in Yemen 40 years before Mohammed, reports the Global Post. The tomb is a pilgrimage destination where women tie ribbons on nearby trees seeking an end to their troubles.
(More Khalid Nabi stories.)

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