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| #1484054 in Books | 2013-11-12 | 2013-11-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 6.10 x.90 x9.00l,.74 | File type: PDF | 224 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Review of The Festival of Pirs: Popular Islam and Shared Devotion in South India|By Erin Hagag|Dr. Afsar Mohammad’s book is compelling. His style is non-judgmental; he describes his experiences while acknowledging the village member’s right to follow a religious path in which they find meaning. He is accepted into the community in Gugudu and his personal connection|||"The author fills a gap in Muharram studies by describing the period's multifaceted nature in a south Indian village, where the focus is on a local Muslim saint named Kullayappa. By emphasizing the shared nature of rituals and narratives, he demonstrates that
Each year 300,000 pilgrims embark on a pilgrimage to the remote Indian village of Gugudu. Like many villages in South India, Gugudu is populated mostly by non-Muslims. Yet these pilgrims are coming to mark Muharram, which is observed by Shi'i Muslim communities across South Asia. In this book, Afsar Mohammad presents a lively ethnographic study of the textured religious life of Gugudu. Muharram, he shows, takes on a strikingly different color in Gugudu because of the cen...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Festival of Pirs: Popular Islam and Shared Devotion in South India | Afsar Mohammad. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
