Consuming Eid Al-Adha : constructing and expressing the Muslim identity
There is a lacuna in ethnographic research with regards to Muslims’ identity construction and expression from an internal perspective. Eid Al-Adha is an Islam-ic holiday which is rich in symbolism, collective rituals, and spiritual and material abundance. The article will interpret the meanings and values that consumers of Eid Al-Adha construct as parts of their identity, mainly being the religious one. It will discuss how the holiday expresses significant Muslim values like collectiv-ism, submission to God, sacrifice, charity, patience, and sacredness. Moreover, it will explain possible differences in consumption reflecting particularism due to national and/or cultural identities. The paper furthers our understanding of what Muslims do and say during their consumption of the Day rather than referring to scriptures or scholars. It contributes to the body of knowledge of Muslim holidays, the meanings associated with them, and how celebrators utilize the symbolism within them to construct their identities.
V etnografskem raziskovanju se na področju študij oblikovanja in izražanja muslimanske identitete z notranjega gledišča kaže vrzel. Kurban bajram je islam-ski praznik, poln simbolike, kolektivnih obredov ter duhovnega in materialnega obilja. V članku so razloženi pomeni in vrednote, ki jih praznovalci kurban baj-rama kot potrošniki kulture oblikujejo kot del svoje, pretežno verske, identitete. Avtor preučuje, na kakšen način se skozi praznik izražajo pomembne muslimanske vrednote, kot so kolektivizem, pokorščina bogu, žrtvovanje, dobrodelnost, potr-pljenje in svetost, in ponudi razlago možnih razlik v potrošnji – partikularnosti, ki izvirajo iz nacionalnih in/ali kulturnih identitet. Članek pomaga bolje razumeti, kaj muslimani počnejo in govorijo med potrošnjo kurban bajrama, medtem ko se s svetimi spisi in učenjaki ne ukvarja. Avtor z njim prispeva k poglabljanju vedenja o muslimanskih praznikih in pomenih, ki so z njimi povezani, ter opisuje, kako praznovalci s pomočjo praznične simbolike izoblikujejo lastno identiteto.
ZRS Koper
2020
2022-05-19 11:29:09
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Muslims, identity, Eid Al-Adha, consumer culture theory, Islamic culture, cultural consumption, identity construction, identity expression
kurban bajram, potrošna kultura, islamska kultura, oblikovanje identitete, izražanje identitete
Amar
Ahmed
70
UDK
4
28:316.7
ISSN pri članku
9
1318-8828
DOI
15
10.35469/poligrafi.2020.228
COBISS_ID
3
108376067
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