Duhovni život Kaćuna i Vukeljića (zadužbina porodice Hadžimejlić) / Spiritual Life of Kaćuni and Vukeljići Families (Endowment of the Hadžimejlić Family)
Spiritual Life of Kaćuni and Vukeljići Families (Endowment of the Hadžimejlić Family)

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to present the fundamental practices related to the Sufi spiritual life in Kaćuni, a settlement where the “Meyli” foundation is located. The foundation includes a com- plex of buildings—hastahana, more specifically a polyclinic with several reception clinics, dentistry, laboratory diagnostics, and a restaurant, a library, as well as a tekija (tur. tekke, dervish lodge) of the Naqshbandi order with several guest apartments. The text will offer an insight into the silsila (spiritual lineage) and history of the Naqshbandi practice in Bosnia, along with certain folk traditions. Through several original photographs, the paper will attempt to depict and explain how the dervishes function in the most significant and largest tekija in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and what its importance is in contemporary Bosnian and Herzegovinian society.

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