Saints in Islamic Ritual Music: Grief for İmam Hüseyin in Alevi Tradition

Manami SUZUKİ

doi:https://doi.org/10.32739/ustad.2022.1.17

Makale detayları

Saints in Islamic Ritual Music: Grief for İmam Hüseyin in Alevi Tradition

Yazarlar:

Manami SUZUKİ

Yayıncı:

Uskudar University

Ana Başlıklar:

Teknoloji

Dergi:

Journal of the Institute for Sufi Studies 2022 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.70-92

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2022

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000805503

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2822-4515

pISSN:

2822-3829

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32739/ustad.2022.1.17

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Özet:

 

This study aims to explore the significance of saints in Islam based on the music used in rituals. The religious group Alevi, which this paper focuses on, has religious beliefs and practices that are a mixture of Shi’i Islam and Sufism. Alevi rituals are known to include song and dance as important elements. The music of the Alevis expresses not only their beliefs, philosophy, and religious customs, but also their social-political situation. Among the saints venerated in Alevi tradition, Imam Hüseyin (Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, 626-680), who is the third Imam in Shi’i Islam and Prophet Muhammed’s grandson and Imam Ali and Fatma’s son, is one of the most important, after Muhammed and Ali. The song mersiye performed in Alevi ritual is dedicated to Imam Hüseyin. These songs are always incorporated in the Alevi cem ritual. How is he portrayed in the cem and music? This study examines the role of Alevi ritual singing by comparing how saints are represented by different types of ritual songs, with a focus on the mersiye.

 

This study aims to explore the significance of saints in Islam based on the music used in rituals. The religious group Alevi, which this paper focuses on, has religious beliefs and practices that are a mixture of Shi’i Islam and Sufism. Alevi rituals are known to include song and dance as important elements. The music of the Alevis expresses not only their beliefs, philosophy, and religious customs, but also their social-political situation. Among the saints venerated in Alevi tradition, Imam Hüseyin (Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, 626-680), who is the third Imam in Shi’i Islam and Prophet Muhammed’s grandson and Imam Ali and Fatma’s son, is one of the most important, after Muhammed and Ali. The song mersiye performed in Alevi ritual is dedicated to Imam Hüseyin. These songs are always incorporated in the Alevi cem ritual. How is he portrayed in the cem and music? This study examines the role of Alevi ritual singing by comparing how saints are represented by different types of ritual songs, with a focus on the mersiye.

Makale detayları

Saints in Islamic Ritual Music: Grief for İmam Hüseyin in Alevi Tradition

Yazarlar:

Manami SUZUKİ

Yayıncı:

Uskudar University

Ana Başlıklar:

Teknoloji

Dergi:

Journal of the Institute for Sufi Studies 2022 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.70-92

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2022

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000805503

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2822-4515

pISSN:

2822-3829

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32739/ustad.2022.1.17

Alevi

music

Mersiye

cem

Karbala

Imam Hüseyin.

Alevi, music, Mersiye, cem, Karbala, Imam Hüseyin.

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Manami SUZUKİ

Yayıncı: Uskudar University

Ana Başlıklar: Teknoloji

Dergi: Journal of the Institute for Sufi Studies 2022 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.70-92

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 8/2022

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000805503

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2822-4515

pISSN: 2822-3829

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32739/ustad.2022.1.17

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Manami SUZUKİ

Yayıncı:

Uskudar University

Ana Başlıklar:

Teknoloji

Dergi:

Journal of the Institute for Sufi Studies 2022 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.70-92

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2022

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000805503

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2822-4515

pISSN:

2822-3829

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32739/ustad.2022.1.17