Cult of Saints and Sacred Objects in myth-and-ritual tradition of Islam

Yuri A. Averyanov (Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow) The cult of saints and places of worship of tahtadji people (Asia Minor)

Anton K. Alekseev (Saint-Petersburg State University) New features in pilgrimage practice and transformation of mazar’s infrastructure by the example of Tadjikistan and Uzbekistan

Dinara Sh. Atajanova (Institute of History of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent) Professional cults in the craft regulations (risala) of Central Asia and Iran.

Igor V. Belich (Institute of the Northern Develoment, the Siberian Branch of the russian Academy of the Sciences) Some aspects of the studeing of astanas of Siberian tatars.

Azimya R. Bubnova (Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow) Sacred places of worship of mishar-tatars of pyan ethno contact zone of Volga region

Konstanitin S. Vasiltsov (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkammer), St. Petersburg) Ostons of Western Pamir: a little known source from I.I. Zarubin’s fund.

Sofia P. Vinogradova (Insitute of Language studies, Moscow) &  Leyla R. Dodykhudoeva (Insitute of Language studies, Moscow), Sacred in the structure of (ethno confessional) identity

Leyla R. Dodykhudoeva (Insitute of Language studies, Moscow) Forming the sacred landscape: shrines and sacred objects in the traditional ethno linguistic image of the world of the peoples of Western Pamir

Shuhrat B. Muhamedov (Institute of History of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent) Is France  the homeland of Cinderella, or why women of Bukhara revere the memory of Bibi Seshanbe?

Rahmat R. Rahimov (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkammer), St. Petersburg) In the labyrinths of Tajik bridal embroidery patterns

Inga V. Stasevich (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkammer), St. Petersburg) Conception of dynastic gift in Kazakh culture (in the context of veneration of the holy ancestor’s memory)

Nikolai S. Terletski (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkammer), St. Petersburg) Some examples of tree worship at the pilgrimage sites of Zeravshan valley

Mavluda A. Yusupova (Institute of Arts of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent) Sufi dwelling-places of Uzbekistan (stages of evolution and features of architecture)

 

Description of the panel

The central problem to be discussed on the panel is cult of saints and sacred places in mythological and ritual tradition of Islam. Theoretically speaking, this problem includes not only reverence of saint persons (hazrat) of the Muslim world and sacred places (mazar), but also a vast variety of other objects, given a sacred status by various cultural traditions.

The panel also will be focused on such questions as role of sacred places in traditional medical practices, gender differentiation of ritual practice, nowadays transformation of the later, including commercialization of mazar functioning due to the market exchange relations

 

Conveners:  Prof. Rahmat R. Rahimov (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkammer), St. Petersburg),

Dr. Nikolai  S. Terletski (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkammer), St. Petersburg)