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29. Performing Dhikri

29. Performing Dhikri

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Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy

01-01-1995

Forming a circle to chant the name of God, known as dhikri, promotes a state of spiritual ecstasy among participants of the annual zefe procession in Lamu during Maulidi celebrations.

https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/context/sea/article/1023/viewcontent

http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/sea/24

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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