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Zar : spirit possession, music, and healing rituals in Egypt /
Zar is both a possessing spirit and a set of reconciliation rites between the spirits and their human hosts: living in a parallel yet invisible world, the capricious spirits manifest their anger by causing ailments for their hosts, which require reconciliation, a private sacrificial rite practiced r...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cairo :
The American University in Cairo Press,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- From Abyssinia to Cairo : the Zar ritual complex
- The Zar trade : belonging to tayfat al-Zar
- Localization of bodies in time : life cycle and other crises
- Localization of bodies in space : a ritual sampler
- Saints and spirits : transformation of traditions.