essay
Dhikr rituals and culture change
nubian ceremonial life : studies in islamic syncretism and cultural change • University Of California Press • Published In 1978 • Pages: 41-60
By: Kennedy, John G., Fahim, Hussein M..
Abstract
This study compares aspects of orthodox Islamic, popular Islamic, and non-Islamic or “pagan” beliefs and practices as observed in two locations: a village in “Old Nubia” where local Islam was dominated by asceticism and ceremonies that often included elements of pre-Islamic animism; and a government-planned village for people whose land was submerged due to the raising of the Aswan Dam in 1933. Most men from the new village relied on wage labor in Egyptian cities that brought them into close contact with more puritanical Islamic practices. However, children of these migrants showed interest in reviving traditional Nubian Islamic practices as a rebellion against the restrictiveness of puritanical Islam. See Kennedy (1978 “Bibliography”) for sources cited and Kennedy (1978 “Photographs”) for relevant images.
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Northern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2020
- Field Date
- 1963-1964
- Coverage Date
- 1963-1964
- Coverage Place
- northern Aswan Governate, Egypt
- Notes
- John G. Kennedy and Hussein M. Fahim
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 74077726
- LCSH
- Nubians--Egypt