TY - JOUR
KW - cultural heritage
KW - intangible heritage
KW - Rituals
KW - Religious communities
KW - diversity
KW - Sudan
KW - Multiplicity of values
KW - Popular Islam
KW - Practices
KW - Shrines
KW - Suakin
KW - Ziyara
AU - S. Taha
AB - Shrine visiting is a prevalent phenomenon throughout Sudan and the Islamic world and deeply entrenched in local traditions. Based on ethnographic research, this paper aims to gain an insight into the intangible aspects of shrine visiting. The article explores the paradoxical popularity of shrine visiting and the tension between popular Islam and orthodox Islam, and examines the continued significance of shrines. The research illustrates shrine visiting is an integral aspect of Suakin s holistic heritage values. Yet, shrines are not protected under Sudanese law. The case study demonstrates the value of what is considered mundane heritage on the maintenance and transmission of cultural heritage and argues that the living religious heritage of shrine visiting needs to be considered as heritage. Furthermore, it suggests that shrines and rituals are central for peoples  religious and cultural identity. Nevertheless, the intangible association with the shrines has been neglected by conservation practices in Sudan and in most of the Islamic world.
BT - International Journal of Tourism Anthropology
DO - 10.1504/IJTA.2016.076805
LA - English
M1 - 1-2
N1 - Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
N2 - Shrine visiting is a prevalent phenomenon throughout Sudan and the Islamic world and deeply entrenched in local traditions. Based on ethnographic research, this paper aims to gain an insight into the intangible aspects of shrine visiting. The article explores the paradoxical popularity of shrine visiting and the tension between popular Islam and orthodox Islam, and examines the continued significance of shrines. The research illustrates shrine visiting is an integral aspect of Suakin s holistic heritage values. Yet, shrines are not protected under Sudanese law. The case study demonstrates the value of what is considered mundane heritage on the maintenance and transmission of cultural heritage and argues that the living religious heritage of shrine visiting needs to be considered as heritage. Furthermore, it suggests that shrines and rituals are central for peoples  religious and cultural identity. Nevertheless, the intangible association with the shrines has been neglected by conservation practices in Sudan and in most of the Islamic world.
PY - 2016
SP - 71
EP - 94
T2 - International Journal of Tourism Anthropology
TI - Shrine visiting as heritage
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85014083795&doi=10.1504%2fIJTA.2016.076805&partnerID=40&md5=26a764dc68b2d358bb016c7023edc98b
VL - 5
SN - 17590442 (ISSN)
ER -