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chained_bear commented on the word hamadsha
"A certain distaste for the proceedings infects the anthropologist Vincent Crapanzano's 1973 description of ecstatic rites conducted by the Hamadsha brotherhoods of Morocco. 'The drumming, by this time, was beginning to have a dulling effect on me,' he reported, 'and the music of the ghita an irritating one....'"
—Barbara Ehrenreich, Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy (New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2006), 10
February 19, 2009
reesetee commented on the word hamadsha
Huh. Nice thing to say from a guy whose name is Crapanzano.
February 20, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word hamadsha
My sentiments exactly.
February 20, 2009