Staging Touba: The Performance of Piety
Touba, in Senegal, is the equivalent to Mecca for Sufi Mouride Muslims, who embark on an annual pilgrimage called Le Grand Magal to celebrate the founder of their faith, Cheikh Amadou Bamba. When devotees describe their sacred city they frequently compare Touba to heaven, juxtaposing it to the mater...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
[2020]
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Journal of religion in Africa
Jahr: 2018, Band: 48, Heft: 4, Seiten: 312-346 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Touba (Senegal)
/ Heiligtum
/ Murīdīya
/ Wallfahrt
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| IxTheo Notationen: | AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion BJ Islam KBN Subsahara-Afrika |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Magal
B Mourides B Pilgrimage B Senegal B Africa B Religion B Touba |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Touba, in Senegal, is the equivalent to Mecca for Sufi Mouride Muslims, who embark on an annual pilgrimage called Le Grand Magal to celebrate the founder of their faith, Cheikh Amadou Bamba. When devotees describe their sacred city they frequently compare Touba to heaven, juxtaposing it to the materiality and chaos of other Senegalese cities, as though it was distinct from these lieux. Yet Touba shares many similarities in terms of its economic importance with other metropolises. Mourides despite presenting themselves as a united religious community, have differences of opinion and even praxis. This paper explores the imagination of Touba and the Mouride order by Mourides, positing that the sacred sites of Touba comprise a stage for the performance of piety and the generation of a particular Mouride ontology through which they see Touba, their order and the world. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0666 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340150 |