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Horse of Karbala
David Pinault
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Description for Horse of Karbala
Hardback. This text is a study of Muharram rituals and interfaith relations in three locations in India: Ladakh, Darjeeling, and Hyderabad. The book looks at how publicly staged rituals serve to mediate communal relations: between Muslim and Hindu populations and between Muslims and Buddhists. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HPDF; HRAC; HRH; HRK; HRLF; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Horse of Karbala is a study of Muharram rituals and interfaith relations in three locations in India: Ladakh, Darjeeling, and Hyderabad. These rituals commemorate an event of vital importance to Shia Muslims: the seventh-century death of the Imam Husain, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the battlefield of Karbala in Iraq. Pinault examines three different forms of ritual commemoration of Husain's death - poetry-recital and self-flagellation in Hyderabad; stick-fighting in Darjeeling; and the 'Horse of Karbala' procession, in which a stallion representing the mount ridden in battle by Husain is made the center of a public parade in Ladakh and ... Read more
Horse of Karbala is a study of Muharram rituals and interfaith relations in three locations in India: Ladakh, Darjeeling, and Hyderabad. These rituals commemorate an event of vital importance to Shia Muslims: the seventh-century death of the Imam Husain, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the battlefield of Karbala in Iraq. Pinault examines three different forms of ritual commemoration of Husain's death - poetry-recital and self-flagellation in Hyderabad; stick-fighting in Darjeeling; and the 'Horse of Karbala' procession, in which a stallion representing the mount ridden in battle by Husain is made the center of a public parade in Ladakh and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312216375
SKU
V9780312216375
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Ref
99-15
About David Pinault
DAVID PINAULT is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University. He is the author of The Shiites: Ritual and Popular Piety in a Muslim Community.
Reviews for Horse of Karbala
'...a refreshing readable account that is accessible to undergraduates and graduates alike.' - Frank J. Korom, Religious Studies Review