Contesting Indian Islam in KwaZulu-Natal: the Muharram festival in Durban 2002
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This essay is concerned with the contested meanings, symbolism and authenticity of the Islamic festival Muharrarn in present-day Indian Islam in South Africa. It provides a brief historical overview of' Muharram rituals in Natal, followed bv an ethnographic study con-ducted at three sites in Durban in March 2002: the festival and pro-cession organized by the Badsha Peer Mazaar Society; celebrations at the Soofie Darbar (shrine) in Riverside, an old Indian locality in Durban; and a fire-walking ceremony in Phoenix, a township established for Indians bv the apartheid government in the 1970s.
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