ANTB66H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Barbara Myerhoff, Bilu, Spaniards
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Focused on 2 pilgrimages by people who historically came from west africa. She examined ways in which rural women in senegal and women traders in the spanish diaspora domesticate their devotional practices accordingly. Domestication of rituals (women): idea comes from eastern european jewish brought rural community practices in america; yedish practices, lighting candles, etc. Focus on senegal women who domesticated their practices to mecca. Everyone is competing for the same resource, even though there is enough for everyone, so the solution is to redistribute it differently. Noted importance of creating a sacred space rooted in local shrine that maintained ties to ones community and past. Yamba considered the identity of hausa, originally from northern nigeria, who live permanently as pilgrims in sudan. They look always toward a future, when they will reach. Cultural notions of time and space linked to pilgrimage. Mecca as ultimate pilgrimage center defines the future.
