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Friday noon prayers at the Qadiriyya Great Shrine
Friday noon prayers at the Qadiriyya Great Shrine (大拱北) in Linxia Recorded by Ruard Absaroka, 2pm, 28 March 2014. The Qadiriyya were the first of the Sufi menhuan to be established on Chinese soil in the late 17th century. The… Read More ›
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Jahriyya Shengji (圣纪) Commemorative Ritual
Jahriyya Shengji (圣纪) Commemorative Ritual (Mawlid an-Nabī) Recorded by Rachel Harris, Qiaomen Mosque 乔门寺, Lanzhou, 7am, 30 March 2014. Short recorded excerpt from the climax of a three hour ritual. In 2014, this annual commemorative ritual for the birth of… Read More ›
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Gedimu dhikr at the Chengjiao Mosque (城角寺)
Gedimu dhikr at the Chengjiao Mosque (城角寺) Recorded by Rachel Harris, 6.40am, 28 March 2014. The Gedimu, literally “old teachings” from the Arabic qadim, represent the loose set of ‘traditional’ practices (Hanafi and Sunni) which were present in China before… Read More ›
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Khufiyya dhikr at the North Mosque (北寺), Linxia (2)
Khufiyya dhikr at the North Mosque (北寺), Linxia (2) Recorded by Ruard Absaroka, 6.30am, 28 March 2014. These worshippers belong to the Khufiyya menhuan, one of the main branches of the Sufi orders that were introduced into this part of China… Read More ›
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Khufiyya dhikr at the North Mosque (北寺), Linxia (1)
Khufiyya dhikr at the North Mosque (北寺), Linxia (1) Recorded by Ruard Absaroka, 6.30am, 28 March 2014. These worshippers belong to the Khufiyya menhuan, one of the main branches of the Sufi orders that were introduced into this part of China… Read More ›
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Evening call to prayer heard from the North Mountain
Evening call to prayer heard from the North Mountain ( 北山 ) above Linxia city Recorded by Ruard Absaroka, 7pm, 28 March 2014. Just to the north of the Muslim quarter of Linxia, with its densely packed mosques, lies a… Read More ›
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Soundwalk in the Bafang Muslim quarter of Linxia
Soundwalk in the Bafang Muslim quarter of Linxia Recorded by Rachel Harris, 1.40pm, 29 March 2014. The dense tangle of narrow alleys that is the Bafang, eight neighbourhoods each centred on a mosque, is the heart of the old Muslim… Read More ›
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The Soundscapes of Tajik shrines in Xinjiang, China
The Soundscapes of Tajik shrines in Xinjiang, China Aynur Kadir There are more than 50,000 Tajiks living in China, the majority in the Tashkurgan area of Xinjiang which borders on Tajikistan. They follow the Ismaili branch of Shi’aIslam, and they… Read More ›
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From Spiritual Soundscape to Musical Soundscape
From Spiritual Soundscape to Musical Soundscape: Nurjan Hapiz, a brother who sings his beliefs Mukaddas Mijit (University of Paris, Nanterre, France) (This podcast is also available on our Sound Islam China Youtube channel: http://youtu.be/UrlHErjtg_c) READ: http://www.soundislamchina.org/?p=812
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Head-Wagging and Obscene Music
Keynote lecture “Head-Wagging and Obscene Music: Conflicts over Sound on the Qing-Muslim Frontiers.” Jonathan Lipman (Mount Holyoke College, USA). (This podcast is also available on our Sound Islam China Youtube channel: http://youtu.be/WV3o2vq7sRA)