Music, poetry and identity in Badakhshan, Tajikistan : singing and sounding community / Chorshanbe Goibnazarov

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goibnazarov, Chorshanbe, author.

Series:

Music and performance in Muslim contexts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ismaili poetry--History and criticism.

Ismaili poetry.

Nizārīs--Tajikistan--Kūḣistonī Badakhshon--Songs and music--History and criticism.

Nizārīs.

Qasidas--History and criticism.

Qasidas.

Tajik poetry--History and criticism.

Tajik poetry.

Tajikistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"In the riverine valleys of the Pamir Mountains of Tajik Badakhshan, a thriving millennium-old community of Nizari Ismaili Muslims created a unique spiritual culture in which the performance of music and poetry plays a central role. This book focuses on the central musical and poetic tradition of the Pamiri Ismailis, qasīda-khonī (also known as maddo), tracing its origins, evolution, and eventual delocalization and relocation in new social contexts. The first study on the musical culture of the Pamiri Ismailis in almost 20 years, this monograph introduces readers to leading performers of qasīda-khonī and to the Ismaili gnosis that inspires its music and poetry—a foundational source for an understanding of Islam in Badakhshan as an amalgam of diverse cultural practices and multi-layered identities. In an era of cultural globalization, the circulation of qasīda-khonī and maddo beyond Badakhshan serves as a case study of global cultural flows, diversity, versatility, and connectedness"-- De Gruyter Brill

Contents:

Situating Qasīda-khonī in the cultural history of Tajik Badakhshan

Learning, practising and performing Qasīda-khonī

Performative texts in the Qasīda-khonī

Mourning rituals and weddings : the traditional contexts of Qasīda-khonī

New contexts : the effect of religious globalisation and national politics

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Other Format:

Print version: Goibnazarov, Chorshanbe Music, poetry and identity in Badakhshan, Tajikistan

ISBN:

9781399533911

1399533916

9781399533904

1399533908

OCLC:

1524995432

Publisher Number:

CIPO000239016

Access Restriction:

Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access