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* Read/listen/watch:
* Read/listen/watch:
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** Browse sites and watch videos associated with two folkloric centers in Cairo:
 
***  [http://www.egyptmusic.org/ Makan]:
* Write:  one page on similarities and differences between Gnawa and Zar
**** [http://egyptmusic.org/en/Musicians/mazaher/ Mazaher][http://egyptmusic.org/en/musicians-archive/the-mazahar-ensemble-at-the-egyptian-centre-for-culture-and-art-makan/]
 
**** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARgZTLVJDO4 Video]
*** [http://www.el-mastaba.org/ El Mastaba]
**** [http://www.el-mastaba.org/rango.html]
****[http://www.30ips.com/rango/][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlpTB5gz2LY]
**** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IngG7lXBJUA]
** Read:  Liminal Rites and Female Symbolism in the Egyptian Zar Possession Cult, Richard Natvig, ''Numen'', Vol. 35, Fasc. 1 (Jul., 1988), pp. 57-68 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3270140
* Write:  one page on similarities and differences between Gnawa and Zar. Consider:  the people, the ritual, the music - but also the ways this music has been folklorized and turned international.  How, when, and where does the performance retain a spiritual significance, and why is that significance at other times and places eliminated? What are the reasons why the two traditions may be similar? Why are there differences? Submit this page on 10b (eClass).


== Class ==
== Class ==
 
* Those who didn't present a reading on Gnawa last time, please do so this time. 
* More student presentations on Gnawa  (if you didn't present last time)
* Introduction to Zar
* Introduction to Zar
* Discussion: spirit/healing groups in Islam
** Critical reading of the article by Natvig ([https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ash+Sharqia+Governorate,+Egypt/@30.7290312,31.4393243,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x14f7f044ed84e6db:0x6a3238c46e1c2865 Sharqiya Governorate] in Egypt).
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm9Io7gKjbU Iranian zar]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KJFlDtT70c Sudanese zar] from Sudan
** Egyptian Zar:  very similar to dhikr; even same musicians. Note male musicians; female adepts and patients.
*** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGZ8nh60ww4 Zar at Makan]
*** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNiUc4W5Kzo House Zar]
*** [https://vimeo.com/20411385 Sufi hadra at Ali Zayn al-Abidin in Cairo]
** Sudanese Zar in Egypt: The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eu5WQmDI3A Tanbura][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OiH-RWfCTY][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAglDQmRA6A][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqq51CMrDjc].  The British Museum [http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/past_exhibitions/2015/sudanese_lyre.aspx displayed this beautiful Sudanese tanbura], known locally as "kissar".
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onIsrvPZLks Rango documentary] (CSL component by Mariem Oloroso, Music of the Arab World, fall 2014);  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOmsXiNl7v0 Rango zar ceremony]. More videos from [http://www.30ips.com/rango/ the Rango website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh10sZX623Y Zar in the global bellydance scene]
* Folklorization (El Mastaba, Makan), world music presence, belly dance element...(use of ayub rhythm). How are these musics promoted for general consumption? Distortions, exaggerations?  (Be critical!)
* Discussion: comparison of Gnawa and Zar; spirit/healing groups in Islam...
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coGCRL8_ep0 Zar-Gnawa fusion in Cairo! ]

Latest revision as of 21:16, 5 November 2015

Syncretism from an Islamic perspective: spirit propitiation/healing groups and practices combining Islamic and sub-saharan Africa: Gnawa and Zar


Tuesday (10a)

GNAWA


Due

Read/listen/browse the “Gnawa Stories” website: https://www.ibiblio.org/gnawastories/

Be prepared to outline the history and rituals of the Gnawa in class.


Using jstor locate one recent scholarly article about Gnawa or Gnawa music, including:

  • Gnawa history
  • current ethnography of Gnawa, their social life, rituals and music
  • Gnawa folklorization, festivalization, popularization, fusion, locally and globally

Lcate some relevant online media.

Prepare to present your article and media in class by:

  • summarizing the content, illustrated with an online example or two (video, audio, image, map...)
  • offering a critique in light of the “Gnawa stories” website, and what you have learned about music and Islam in the course thus far. Feel free to raise questions as much as answering them - standard practice for a critique.

Submit a one-page summary/critique of your article (along with the article's title/author/date) on eClass 10a. Please do this before class so that I can access the materials for your in-class presentation.

Class

Intro to Gnawa and its globalization

Some lilas:

History: how the Gnawas came to Morocco...

Gnawa fusions: jazz, funk, hiphop, festival

Student presentations as per above.

Thursday (10b)

GNAWA and ZAR


Due

  • Read/listen/watch:
  • Write: one page on similarities and differences between Gnawa and Zar. Consider: the people, the ritual, the music - but also the ways this music has been folklorized and turned international. How, when, and where does the performance retain a spiritual significance, and why is that significance at other times and places eliminated? What are the reasons why the two traditions may be similar? Why are there differences? Submit this page on 10b (eClass).

Class

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