Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Bagher-Al-ulum (AS)
10.22081/jiss.2024.69103.2085
Abstract
Arbaeen mass march as a social norm of Arbaeen pilgrimage, which is itself a cognitive element and the bottom layer of pure Shia culture, has many social and civilizational functions, which is auspicious and necessary not only for Shia society but also for human society. However, this fact should not be overlooked. It was far away that basically big and influential events in human society are as much exposed to damage as they are big and important and may face obstacles and limit its effectiveness, because excessive demands, in the face of phenomena that prevent them from reaching They stand up for individual and group interests and try to prevent the manifestation of this great phenomenon and harm its efficiency if possible. Arbaeen mass walk as a huge socio-cultural phenomenon is not excluded from this. This research , is trying to study this phenomenon with a pathological approach, relying on the observations of the author and other researchers from the Arbaini community, and make the results available to scholars and policy makers of cultural affairs.
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