Filling the Pot: The Remembrance of African Sufi Ancestor-Saints and the Reclamation of African Historical Heritage in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
This essay, based on ethnographic research conducted in 2017-2018, explores the ways in which the death-anniversary celebrations ('urs) of the Sidi (African-Indian) Sufi ancestor-saints in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, demonstrate the pivotal role of the Sidi Sufi tradition in unifying the diversity of a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 94-104 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ahmedabad
/ Siddi (Indic people) (People)
/ Ancestor cult (motif)
/ Sufi
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| IxTheo Classification: | AF Geography of religion AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBM Asia KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KCD Hagiography; saints RC Liturgy |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
