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SUMMARY:Zâr and Possesion Rituals: A Comparative View. Historical\, Ethno
 graphic and Social Aspects
DTSTART:20170202T130000Z
DTEND:20170203T140000Z
DTSTAMP:20260429T234328Z
UID:zar-de-2143@ceres.rub.de
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DESCRIPTION:This workshop proposes to examine Zâr and other spirit posses
 sion rituals\, in religiously and geographically comparative contexts\, in
  both its present and historical manifestations. The performance of posses
 sion rituals\, and specifically Zâr\, is not restricted to a specific rel
 igious tradition since\, for example\, it has been performed by Jews in Ma
 ghreb as well as by Muslim in Iran. Geographically\, the phenomenon\, or a
  series of related phenomena which fall under the broad designation of “
 Zâr”\, is widespread throughout a variety of regions of Africa\, parts 
 of Asia\, and later in Europe\, and the Americas. Moreover\, it has been a
 ttested in different historical periods. \n\nAlthough Zâr has been studi
 ed closely in different geographical domains by ethnographers\, it has bee
 n rarely been the subject of systematic\, comparative studies. The worksho
 p aims to fulfill this desideratum. For this workshop\, we bring together 
 the specialists of Zâr and similar forms of spirit possession\, who have 
 studied these rituals in different chronological\, religious\, and geograp
 hical regions in order to explore their historical connections and social 
 aspects.\n\nProgramme of the workshop\n
LOCATION:CERES-Palais\, Raum "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://khk.ceres.rub.de/de/veranstaltungen/zar-de/
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