Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Isfahan
10.22081/jiss.2024.67437.2034
Abstract
Introduction: Rituals are a set of actions that are performed in a society in specific forms and purposes and claim the influence of supernatural forces on humans. The main purpose of this article is to show whether it is possible to define Arbaeen walking as a ritual of passage and as a form of resistance against the power of everyday life?
Methodology: In this research first descriptive-analytical method was used and the data was collected using documentary studies and with a survey tool. Then, the researcher has also used the method of participatory observation in the Arbaeen procession.
Using Turner's theory of transition, this walk can be adapted to the stages of transition (disruption, Liminality, attachment). All examples of Liminality, including dynamism, homogeneity, equality and lack of position, lack of ownership and possessions, silence, modesty, and reference to mysterious powers can be seen in the congregation of pilgrims. Also, examples of communitas and Liminality, as well as the forms of transmission of the sacred matter, were also found in this pilgrimage.
maher, Z. (2024). Anthropological analysis of Arbaeen walk using the theory of rites of passage. Journal of Islam and Social Studies, (), -. doi: 10.22081/jiss.2024.67437.2034
MLA
zahra maher. "Anthropological analysis of Arbaeen walk using the theory of rites of passage". Journal of Islam and Social Studies, , , 2024, -. doi: 10.22081/jiss.2024.67437.2034
HARVARD
maher, Z. (2024). 'Anthropological analysis of Arbaeen walk using the theory of rites of passage', Journal of Islam and Social Studies, (), pp. -. doi: 10.22081/jiss.2024.67437.2034
VANCOUVER
maher, Z. Anthropological analysis of Arbaeen walk using the theory of rites of passage. Journal of Islam and Social Studies, 2024; (): -. doi: 10.22081/jiss.2024.67437.2034
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