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Cultural and Religious Perspective on the Sufi Shrines.

Iftikhar Ahmed Charan1,2, Banghu Wang3, Dewei Yao3.   

Abstract

This paper explains the Sufi shrines which hold great importance in Pakistani society. The Shrines inhabit a vital position in the cultural and social as well as religious and culture life of rituals, Saints, traditional belief, sounds, trance, dance, music in ethnic healing, and spiritual illness/disease. It is not only a place of belief and devotion based on Sufi shrines but a place where Muslims and non-Muslim take part in happiness activities together. The design and architecture of the Sufi Shrines have local as well as worldwide influences, representative spiritual, belief systems, economic, and esthetic dimensions of Muslim social institute. Therefore, Muslims' association with the Sufi Shrines has much importance from traditional, political, social and economic perspectives. Centered on an ethnographic illustration, this research aims to highlight the use of Sufi Shrines space and Peoples' Perceptions about Visiting Sufi shrines in the ethnic perspective of rural and urban Sindh. In addition to discuss the socio spatial interactions about the Sufi shrines, this study has discovered that majority of the people and visitors have strong belief systems upon the blessings of Sufis and they visit shrines to fulfill their social, economic, physical, mental and spiritual wishes.

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Keywords:  Belief; Dance; Marginalized sector of society; Music; Rituals; Saints; Socio-spatial relationships; Spiritual healing; Sufi shrines

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Year:  2018        PMID: 29374804     DOI: 10.1007/s10943-018-0558-6

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Relig Health        ISSN: 0022-4197


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