The Victim and Its Masks: An Essay on Sacrifice and Masquerade in the Maghreb

by Abdellah Hammoudi and Adbellah Hammoudi

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Each year, in a solemn Sunni Muslim feast, the Ait Mizane of southern Morocco reenact the story of Abraham as a ritual sacrifice, a symbolic observance of their submission to the divine. After this sober ceremony comes a bacchanalian masquerade which seems to violate every principle the sacrifice affirmed. Because of the apparent contradiction between sacrifice and masquerade, observers have described the two as entirely separate events. This book...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226315266

ISBN13:9780226315263

Release Date:November 1993

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"

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Education & Reference Geography Holidays Islam Politics & Social Sciences Regional Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks

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