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Religion and Custom in a Muslim Society: The Berti of Sudan (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
Religion and Custom in a Muslim Society The Berti of Sudan - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Author: Ladislav Holy
Among the Berti of Northern Darfur (Sudan), as among many Muslim societies, the formal religious practices are predominantly the concern of men, while local, unorthodox customary rituals are performed mainly by women. It is usual to dismiss such local, popular practices as pre-Islamic survivals, but Professor Holy shows that the customary ritual...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521394857
ISBN-10: 0521394856
Publication Date: 7/26/1991
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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