Kvikmyndasýning - Bosnian Muslim Women’s Rituals

Mánudaginn 11. nóvember kl.17:15 mun Prófessor Catharina Raudvere frá Háskólanum í Kaupmannahöfn sýna kvikmyndina Bosnian Muslim Women’s Rituals: Bulas Singing, Reciting and Teaching in Sarajevo í Odda 101 í Háskóla Íslands. ​

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Catharina mun segja frá myndinni í upphafi og einnig svara spurningum eftir sýningu hennar. Eftir sýninguna geta svo þau sem vilja fært sig yfir á Stúdentakjallarann og haldið spjallinu áfram.

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Viðburðinn er haldinn af Félagi þjóðfræðinga á Íslandi, Mannfræðifélagi Íslands, Þjóðbrók og Homo.

Hér má sjá nánari lýsingu á efni myndarinnar:

Bosnian Muslim Women’s Rituals: Bulas Singing, Reciting and Teaching in Sarajevo

An educational film by Professor Catharina Raudvere, Copenhagen, and Dr Zilka Spahić-Šiljak, Sarajevo.

This film presents some Bosnian Muslim women’s commitments as ritual leaders and their vocal performances. Much of what you will see is specific for Sarajevo in terms of the style of singing, outfits and ways of socializing. These rituals have been performed in the city for centuries and belong to the Muslim history of South-Eastern Europe. Sufi rituals and ways of devotion have influenced how Islam has been practised in the region over the centuries.

With formal or informal education, the bulas of Sarajevo have been in charge of the structure of mevlud and tevhid ceremonies for generations. Being familiar with the Quran and the literature that praises the Prophet, these women have the knowledge and authority to compose the framework of a gathering. Each mevlud and tevhid has its individual character where verses from the Quran, prayers, blessings and poems are to be chosen in interaction with the family or organizer, in accordance with the nature of the occasion.

Today young bulas learn through participating when they receive ritual assignments from the experienced bulas. In this way they learn to relate to the Ottoman legacy of the mevlud tradition. By connecting that legacy with the lives of modern women, they make it relevant to the present time.