The Musician (Zakir/ Imam Cafer) in the Culture of the Alevi and Bektashi from the Region of Kardzhali
The Musician (Zakir/ Imam Cafer) in the Culture of the Alevi and Bektashi from the Region of Kardzhali
Author(s): Rumyana MargaritovaSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Customs / Folklore, Music, Library and Information Science, Sociology, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Theology and Religion, Islam studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Educational Psychology, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the arts, business, education, History of Islam, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Social Norms / Social Control, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion, Identity of Collectives, History of Art
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Keywords: Alevi-Bektashi ritual music; Alevi-Bektashi musician; zakir; epic musician
Summary/Abstract: The article studies the role of the musician in Alevi-Bektashi culture in the region of Kardzhali, Southern Bulgaria. The musician in that culture performs simultaneously religious, social and artistic roles. He is a figure whose qualities allow the researcher to associate him with the cultural type of the epic musician. His non-professional but specialized activity is presented from an insider’s viewpoint detailing the specific characteristics of that activity, the approaches applied in the process of training in it, through the qualitative evaluation of the musicians and the differences in their performance manners. The author presents the biographical trajectory and the performance style of a contemporary young Bektashi musician from the region in order to depict his portrait. The interaction between his outstanding talent and his strong religious devotion define his complex development as a musician and a member of the Heterodox Muslim community.
Journal: Български фолклор
- Issue Year: XLVI/2020
- Issue No: Special 2
- Page Range: 072-092
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
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