"Abbaras…they are symbol of transition from dark to spacious light"
 

Mardin’s stony streets are narrow, long and curled. Even the narrowest street is large enough to contain the coffin carried by four people. The tunnels made of stones, as passageways are subway under the ancient stony houses

Natives call these tunnels abbaras meaning dark and cavity passageways. According to the legend these tunnels impeded Norman to enter into city

On these stony tunnels the lovers excavate their names with nails