Restricted Access Celebrating 'Sultan Nevruz': Between Theological Debate and Multi-Framed Practice in Contemporary Albania
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Gianfranco Bria [1]
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[1] University of Roma “La Sapienza”
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- Localización: Studia islamica, ISSN 0585-5292, Nº. 114, 3, 2019, págs. 355-377
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This work analyses the historical developments and the acculturation of Sultan nevruz’s rite in post-socialist Albania. The general aim of this work is to examine the intertwining of social and cultural transformations with different religious discourses (native/foreign or Bektashi/sunni legacies) in Albanian society, which is shaped by communist patterns (nationalistic and secularistic heritage) and by post-socialist transformation (pluralisation). Firstly, it analyses public narratives and counter-narratives that Bektashi and other authorities produce about nevruz merging positivistic science, nationalistic rhetoric and ʿAlī’s venerations; finally, the paper focuses on worship diversification and subjectivities by believers that could build their own individual religiosity embodying, recreating or reworking the discourses of “correctness” framed by Islamic authorities.
