"The Cup Goes Round" (al-Kās Ydūr), a mjarred song of the Īsāwiyya ceremony.
Īsāwiyya of La Marsa.
2014-06-27
Description
Song in the five-beat mjarred rhythm of the ceremony (ḥaḍra) of the Īsāwiyya of La Marsa.
Keywords: Sufi music; ritual music; 'Īsāwiyya Sufi order; Tunisia.
Accompanies chapter 2 of: Jankowsky, Richard C. Ambient Sufism: Ritual Niches and the Social Work of Musical Form. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020.
"'The Cup Goes Round' (al-Kās Ydūr), a mjarred song of the Īsāwiyya ceremony." 'Īsāwiyya of La Marsa. Video recording by Richard Jankowsky, Tunis, Tunisia, 2014.
