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SUMMARY:Zar: A Comparative View. Historical\, Ethnographic and Social Aspe
 cts
DTSTART:20170202T130000Z
DTEND:20170203T140000Z
DTSTAMP:20260413T095344Z
UID:zar-en-2143@ceres.rub.de
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DESCRIPTION:The workshop proposes to examine Zâr and other spirit possess
 ion rituals\, in religiously and geographically comparative contexts\, in 
 both its present and historical manifestations. The performance of possess
 ion rituals\, and specifically Zâr\, is not restricted to a specific reli
 gious tradition since\, for example\, it has been performed by Jews in Mag
 hreb as well as by Muslim in Iran. Geographically\, the phenomenon\, or a 
 series of related phenomena which fall under the broad designation of “Z
 âr”\, is widespread throughout a variety of regions of Africa\, parts o
 f Asia\, and later in Europe\, and the Americas. Moreover\, it has been at
 tested in different historical periods.\n\nAlthough Zâr has been studied 
 closely in different geographical domains by ethnographers\, it has been r
 arely been the subject of systematic\, comparative studies. The workshop a
 ims to fulfill this desideratum. For this workshop\, we bring together the
  specialists of Zâr and similar forms of spirit possession\, who have stu
 died these rituals in different chronological\, religious\, and geographic
 al regions in order to explore their historical connections and social asp
 ects.\n\nProgramme of the workshop\n
LOCATION:CERES Palais\, room "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://khk.ceres.rub.de/en/events/zar-en/
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