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The Sound of Silence: An Ethnography on the Sama 'Ritual in the Nematollahi Kaneqah in Toronto

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dc.contributor.advisorChambers, Mark K.
dc.creatorGhanai, Katayoun
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-21T13:40:08Z
dc.date.available2018-11-21T13:40:08Z
dc.date.copyright2018-06-07
dc.date.issued2018-11-21
dc.date.updated2018-11-21T13:40:08Z
dc.degree.disciplineMusic
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the Sufi ritual of Sama as practiced by the Nematollahi order in Toronto and will explore how music induces trance in Sufis during their ceremonies called Sama. My approach is ethnomusicological. Sama, includes poetry and music through which Sufis enter into trance. The structural coupling theory may be applied to understand how Sufis participate in ritual and through active faith, undergo physical and physiological changes. The Sufis are coupled to the ritual through a common history, music, or previous participation (conditioning), practiced consciously by a group of individuals. A Samas script is never predictable; it is always improvisatory. A good Sama is when the Sufis emotional arousal matches the intensity of the music and a transcendent symbiosis occurs. Based on my interviews with the Sufis in the Nematollahi Kaneqah, each experienced the central factors of happiness, which is synonymous with well-being, however subjective this term may be.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35474
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectCultural anthropology
dc.subject.keywordsMusic
dc.subject.keywordsTrance
dc.subject.keywordsSama'
dc.subject.keywordsKaneqah
dc.subject.keywordsSufism
dc.subject.keywordsWajd
dc.subject.keywordsEthnography
dc.subject.keywordsFana
dc.subject.keywordsHal
dc.subject.keywordsEcstasy
dc.subject.keywordsRitual
dc.subject.keywordsCultural ceremony
dc.titleThe Sound of Silence: An Ethnography on the Sama 'Ritual in the Nematollahi Kaneqah in Toronto
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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