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| − | ''' | + | '''Islamic'''. Please read my [http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/Bulletin/34-2/34-2%20Frishkopf.htm survey of inshad dini] (Islamic hymnody in Egypt). Then read [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Chanting%20devotion/Islamic/Notes.pdf listening notes] associated with corresponding [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Chanting%20devotion/Islamic/ audio examples]. Finally, listen to a [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Chanting%20devotion/Islamic/Mawlid%20example/Mawlid.mp3 mawlid] and read associated [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Chanting%20devotion/Islamic/Mawlid%20example/Mawlid%20notes.jpg album notes]. The mawlid is a celebration of the Prophet Muhammad's birth, including devotional singing; it is frequently recited in the mystical orders of Islam, the turuq Sufiyya - in this case the Hamidiyya Shadhiliyya order of Egypt. |
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| + | '''Hindu'''. Read Slawek's [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Chanting%20devotion/Hindu/Popular%20Kirtan%20in%20Benares.pdf Popular Kirtan in Benares] | ||
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| + | '''Baul'''. Read Capwell's [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Chanting%20devotion/Baul/popular%20expression%20of%20religious%20syncretism.pdf | ||
| + | Popular Expression of Religious Syncretism]. | ||
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| + | Optional readings: | ||
| + | * For further background on the Bauls, see another article by Capwell, []. | ||
| + | * On the religious poetry of Rabindranath Tagore (related to both Hinduism and the Bauls) see [] | ||
=Your selected readings= | =Your selected readings= | ||
Include here articles about devotional chant - intoned religious texts apart from the recitation of Divinely-given ones. Follow your citation with a capsule summary. | Include here articles about devotional chant - intoned religious texts apart from the recitation of Divinely-given ones. Follow your citation with a capsule summary. | ||
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Discussion about this topic
Assigned readings, listenings, viewings
Islamic. Please read my survey of inshad dini (Islamic hymnody in Egypt). Then read listening notes associated with corresponding audio examples. Finally, listen to a mawlid and read associated album notes. The mawlid is a celebration of the Prophet Muhammad's birth, including devotional singing; it is frequently recited in the mystical orders of Islam, the turuq Sufiyya - in this case the Hamidiyya Shadhiliyya order of Egypt.
Hindu. Read Slawek's Popular Kirtan in Benares
Baul. Read Capwell's [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Chanting%20devotion/Baul/popular%20expression%20of%20religious%20syncretism.pdf
Popular Expression of Religious Syncretism].
Optional readings:
- For further background on the Bauls, see another article by Capwell, [].
- On the religious poetry of Rabindranath Tagore (related to both Hinduism and the Bauls) see []
Your selected readings
Include here articles about devotional chant - intoned religious texts apart from the recitation of Divinely-given ones. Follow your citation with a capsule summary.
