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Zar in Egypt
Wiener Völkerkundliche Mitteilungen • 3 (1) • Published In 1955 • Pages: 80-89
By: Rasoul, Kawthar Abdel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a short summary of the zar ceremony as practiced among the women in Egypt. Basically it is both a propitiatory and curative rite for those women possessed by the zar spirits. The author also discusses the Sudanic-Ethiopian origins and the functions of this cult and its rites.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Magical and mental therapy
- Magic
- Magicians and diviners
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Luck and chance
- Spirits and gods
- Revelation and divination
- Magicians and diviners
- Inheritance
- Nuptials
- Postnatal care
- Organized ceremonial
- Music
- Prayers and sacrifices
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fellahin
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert J. Theodoratus ; 1962
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kawthar Abdel Rasoul
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Peasantry--Egypt
- Egypt--Social life and customs