After Deportation
Chechen and Ingush Sufi Groups and their Zikr Rituals in Soviet Kazakhstan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19233873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Makka S-G Albogachieva, Michael Kemper (0000-0002-6676-9563, Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , Netherlands) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 247-266 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-4717 • E-ISSN: 2235-5871 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/asia-2023-0031 |
| OpenAlex | W4402233322 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The present paper investigates the history of the Kunta-Hajji (Qadiriyya) Sufi groups ( vird s) of Chechen and Ingush deportees during their enforced exile in Soviet Kazakhstan (1944–1957/1963). On the basis of anthropological fieldwork among survivors, returnees, and their offspring, the authors argue that the Ingush and Chechen deportees perceived the vird s as an important moral support network and a pillar of their identity in a foreign and inimical environment. In the absence of dominant shaykhs and formal chains of transmissions, flat hierarchies allowed for an easy admission into the vird s, and for flexibility in the adaptation of the “loud” zikr circle dances to the terrible conditions of forced exile. The article reviews the various groups and their particular practices. Of particular interest is the emergence of a new vird among Chechen believers in northern Kazakhstan, and the integration of female participants into the zikr ritual of that group
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Chechen · Deportation · Ethnology · Geography · Identity (music) · Immigration · Political science · Sociology · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Soviet and Russian History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |