Pilgrimage as Muslim religious commemoration: The case of Ajvatovica in Bosnia-Hercegovina

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    Abstract

    The polymorphic phenomenon of Ajvatovica, allegedly the most attended Muslim gathering in Europe, provides a stage for the selection and propagation of the familiar narrative of the pilgrimage with the perspicuous tendency to demythologize it, although not without introducing new mythic elements meant to elevate contemporary developments to the level of a salvation-historical development. This chapter attempts to conceptualize the (re)creation of the religio-cultural event in its historical and cultural context and to point to its iconographic interpretation with a view to its symbolic and religious value as well as its significance for the cultural identity and political imagination of the Bosnian people.

    OriginalspracheEnglisch
    TitelMuslim Pilgrimage in Europe
    ErscheinungsortLondon
    Herausgeber (Verlag)Routledge, Taylor & Francis
    Kapitel6
    Seiten98-117
    Seitenumfang19
    ISBN (elektronisch)9781315597089
    ISBN (Print)9781472447470
    DOIs
    PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Jan. 2017

    Publikationsreihe

    ReiheRoutledge Studies in Pilgrimage, Religious Travel and Tourism
    Nummer1

    ÖFOS 2012

    • 603905 Islam
    • 504009 Ethnologie
    • 605004 Kulturwissenschaft

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