Author Archives
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SOAS
SOAS (School of African and Oriental Studies) main website: http://www.soas.ac.uk SOAS Research Centres: http://www.soas.ac.uk/centres SOAS Music Department Events: http://www.soas.ac.uk/music/event
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Forum page
Forum page coming soon!!!
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Contacts
Sounding Islam in China Project leader Dr Rachel Harris (Senior Lecturer in Music) Address: Department of Music, SOAS, University of London Thornhaugh St. London, UK, WC1H 0XG Tel: +44-20-78984513 Email: rh@soas.ac.uk
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People page
Category – people This page under preparation. Coming soon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mazar festivals of the Uyghurs: Music, Islam and the Chinese State
Mazar festivals of the Uyghurs: Music, Islam and the Chinese State. British Journal of Ethnomusicology. Volume 11, Issue 1, 2002 Rachel Harris & Rahilä Dawut Abstract: Mazar in Central Asia are the tombs of Islamic saints, mythical or real, whose protection the Uyghurs (Turkic Muslims of China’s northwestern Xinjiang… Read More ›
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Islamic Sound Map of China
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Al-Rahman
Recorded by: Rachel Harris and Aziz Isa Place: Shahyar county, Aqsu prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Date: August 2009 A Uyghur qushnach ritual specialist recites part of Surah Al-Rahman (The Beneficent, Q55:1-13) from the Qur’an. The recitation comes at the… Read More ›
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Kashgar Shadiyanisi (Sama music and dance)
Performed by: Memet Tokhti and apprentices Place: Kashgar city, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Recorded by: Rachel Harris and Aziz Isa Date: August 2006 One of a series of pieces performed on the naghra (paired kettle drums) and sunay (shawm)… Read More ›
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Subhan’Allāh
Place: Shahyar county, Aqsu prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Date: August 2009 Recorded by: Rachel Harris and Aziz Isa Pious Uyghur village women, led by ritual specialists called qushnach, recite a zikr: Subhan’Allāh wa bihamdihi, subhan’Allāh il adhīm (Glory to Allah and praise… Read More ›