17. The Musical Lives of Texts: Rhythms and Communal Relationships among the Nizamis and Some of Their Neighbours in South and West Asia
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29 novembre 2016
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India oral tradition folklore storytelling Inde art de conter folklore tradition orale Folklore Literature (General) LIT008020 DSBSujets proches
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Richard K. Wolf, « 17. The Musical Lives of Texts: Rhythms and Communal Relationships among the Nizamis and Some of Their Neighbours in South and West Asia », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.yiimb4
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The audiovisual examples listed by number in this article may be heard and viewed on the author’s website: richardkwolf.com/audio-visual. Every year during the first month of the Muslim calendar, members of a variety of religious communities — Hindu and Muslim — strike drums, sound trumpets, recite poetry, and participate in grand processions to observe Muharram at the shrine of the sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya in Delhi. These practices serve as a useful point of departure for explorin...