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19. Kinara with Udi and Mirashi 2

19. Kinara with Udi and Mirashi 2

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Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy

01-01-1995

The centerpiece of any Maulidi ya Rama ceremony is a miniature mosque called a kinara that is decorated with fresh jasmine flowers. Burning incense (udi) and rose water (mirashi) passed among particip..

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The centerpiece of any Maulidi ya Rama ceremony is a miniature mosque called a kinara that is decorated with fresh jasmine flowers. Burning incense (udi) and rose water (mirashi) passed among participants for purification adds additional fragrance to the ceremony and enhances its ritual efficacy.

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Swahili Expressive Arts Collection (Illinois Wesleyan University)

Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy, Ph.D., Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Illinois Wesleyan University, rgearhar@iwu.edu

Anthropology
Social and Behavioral Sciences

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