Sacred Sites and Not-So-Dirty Money in Daghestan, North Caucasus
Sacred Sites and Not-So-Dirty Money in Daghestan, North Caucasus
Author(s): Iwona KaliszewskaSubject(s): Anthropology, Islam studies, Politics and religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Tartu Ülikool, Eesti Rahva Muuseum, Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum
Keywords: Sacred Sites; Not-So-Dirty Money; Daghestan; North Caucasus;
Summary/Abstract: Pilgrimages to the sacred sites in the North Caucasus have become very popular since the fall of the USSR. In some places the renovation of tombs of Sufi sheiks was financed and controlled by the state. Impressive buildings were erected, dirt roads were turned into asphalt roads.
Journal: Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
- Issue Year: XIII/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 137-139
- Page Count: 3
- Language: English