Shahbazi, A. Shapur. "Nowruz: In the Islamic Period." Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (November 15, 2009), http://www.iranica.com/articles/nowruz-ii.
Shahbazi provides a concise history of Navruz from the Islamic conquest of Persia to the present day. While he discusses the tension with observing ancient Iranian traditions in strictly Muslim societies, he also mentions that some Muslims associate Islamic traditions with the holiday. For example, some believe that Navruz was the day when the following events occurred:
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Djavadi, Abbas. "Fundamentalist Calls To Ignore Norouz Go Unheard In Iran, Afghanistan." Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, March 21, 2010, Commentary Section, http://www.rferl.org/content/Fundamentalist_Calls_To_Ignore_Norouz_Go_Unheard_In_Iran_Afghanistan/1989760.html.
Descriptors: 2010s, Afghanistan, D, e-news, holidays, interview, journalism, Navruz, post-Soviet; pluralism-textual/popular
Adams, Laura. "Public and Private Celebrations: Uzbekistan's National Holidays." In Everyday Life in Central Asia: Past and Present, edited by Jeff Sahadeo and Russell Zanca, 198-212. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007.
Among other holidays in this chapter Adams describes contemporary Qurbon Hayiti, Ramazan Hayiti, and Navruz. In her discussion of the two Eids (Qurbon Hayiti, Ramazan Hayiti), she mentions Ramadan fasting. She describes Navruz as a secular holiday even though it has Zoroastrian elements and fails to mention that many people in Central Asia consider it a Muslim holiday. See, for example, Canfield (1993).
Sections: Religious Holidays; Secular Holidays; A Typical Holiday; Notes; References. Cross References: Canfield 1993; Sahadeo and Zanca 2007. Descriptors: 2000s, A, bibliographic, chapter, description, holidays, Navruz, post-Soviet, Qurbon Hayit, Ramadan, Roza Hayit, Uzbekistan, Uzbeks; syncretism, pluralism-textual/popular.
Among other holidays in this chapter Adams describes contemporary Qurbon Hayiti, Ramazan Hayiti, and Navruz. In her discussion of the two Eids (Qurbon Hayiti, Ramazan Hayiti), she mentions Ramadan fasting. She describes Navruz as a secular holiday even though it has Zoroastrian elements and fails to mention that many people in Central Asia consider it a Muslim holiday. See, for example, Canfield (1993).
Sections: Religious Holidays; Secular Holidays; A Typical Holiday; Notes; References. Cross References: Canfield 1993; Sahadeo and Zanca 2007. Descriptors: 2000s, A, bibliographic, chapter, description, holidays, Navruz, post-Soviet, Qurbon Hayit, Ramadan, Roza Hayit, Uzbekistan, Uzbeks; syncretism, pluralism-textual/popular.
Canfield, Robert L. "New Year's Day at Ali's Shrine." In Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East, edited by Donna Lee Bowen and Evelyn A. Early, 234-238. Indiana Series in Arab and Islamic studies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.
Canfield's chapter is short, but very descriptive. He portrays the sights, sounds, and smells at Ali's tomb on a particular 1968 Navruz in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan as well as the rituals performed there and the hope for healings and blessings.
Canfield's chapter is short, but very descriptive. He portrays the sights, sounds, and smells at Ali's tomb on a particular 1968 Navruz in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan as well as the rituals performed there and the hope for healings and blessings.
Dautcher, Jay. Down a Narrow Road: Identity and Masculinity in a Uyghur Community in Xinjiang China. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2009.
Dautcher's book is the result of ethnographic research among Uygurs in Yining, Xinjiang, China beginning in 1995. With regard to Islam, he discusses life cycle rituals, shrine visits, mahalla life, the meshrep, and Ramadan. The comparison of the olturash (men's drinking parties) and the meshrep (parties where alcohol drinking is punished on religious grounds) is very interesting. The question of what is truly Islamic is present. Dautcher quotes a lot of poems and jokes and has too much of a focus on sexuality.
Dautcher's book is the result of ethnographic research among Uygurs in Yining, Xinjiang, China beginning in 1995. With regard to Islam, he discusses life cycle rituals, shrine visits, mahalla life, the meshrep, and Ramadan. The comparison of the olturash (men's drinking parties) and the meshrep (parties where alcohol drinking is punished on religious grounds) is very interesting. The question of what is truly Islamic is present. Dautcher quotes a lot of poems and jokes and has too much of a focus on sexuality.
Roberts, Sean R. "Everyday Negotiations of Islam in Central Asia: Practicing Religion in The Uyghur Neighborhood of Zarya Vostoka in Almaty, Kazakhstan." In Everyday Life in Central Asia: Past and Present, edited by Jeff Sahadeo and Russell Zanca, 339-354. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007.
Roberts does a good job in this chapter of showing the diversity of Islam in a village near Almaty Kazakhstan. To do so he describes the influence of religion in three community events: a Muslim holiday, the blessing of a soccer field, and a wedding.
Sections: Daily Religious Practice in Central Asia: Making Sense of Diversity; Bourdieu's "Theory of Practice" as a Means of Understanding Everyday Life in Central Asia; Zarya Vostoka: From Collective Farm to Land Port on a New Silk Road; Daily Religious Practice and Negotiation in Zarya Vostoka (Qorbon Hayit in Zarya Vostoka; Blessing of the Zarya Vostoka Soccer Field; A Wedding in Zarya Vostoka); Conclusions: Toward an Everyday Understanding of Religiosity in Central Asia
Roberts does a good job in this chapter of showing the diversity of Islam in a village near Almaty Kazakhstan. To do so he describes the influence of religion in three community events: a Muslim holiday, the blessing of a soccer field, and a wedding.
Sections: Daily Religious Practice in Central Asia: Making Sense of Diversity; Bourdieu's "Theory of Practice" as a Means of Understanding Everyday Life in Central Asia; Zarya Vostoka: From Collective Farm to Land Port on a New Silk Road; Daily Religious Practice and Negotiation in Zarya Vostoka (Qorbon Hayit in Zarya Vostoka; Blessing of the Zarya Vostoka Soccer Field; A Wedding in Zarya Vostoka); Conclusions: Toward an Everyday Understanding of Religiosity in Central Asia
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