Ashura in Sydney

A transformation of a religious ceremony in the context of a migrant society

Bibliographic Data

ID3606941
AuthorsPaul Tabar (0000-0002-2755-4164, Notre Dame University – Louaize, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume23
Issue3
Pages285-305
Publication date2002-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0725-6868 • E-ISSN: 1469-9540
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07256860216385
OpenAlexW2061284927
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited6

'Ashura is a Shi'i religious ceremony organised yearly by the Moslem Shi'is around the world. The Shi'is in Sydney have been commemorating 'Ashura in an increasingly elaborate and sophisticated manner. The aim of this paper is to examine the formal and symbolic transformation of the ceremony in the context of migration and in particular the way it comes to articulate elements of the "migrant conditions". Along with its highly dramatic content, 'Ashura in Sydney is transformed into a practice where the ethnic identity of Shi'i migrants is reproduced and at the same time modified to come to terms with the conditions of living in a new urban environment. In an increasingly globalised world, local and global factors are appropriated in the very process of celebrating 'Ashura and producing the Shi'i identity

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Ceremony · Ethnic group · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Asian Studies and History · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History

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