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The African-Baluchi trance dance : a documentary film /

"Examines healing rituals prevalent among the African descendant communities in Baluchistan. The spirit possession cults are a blend of local Iranian culture, shamanistic cults, Sufism and traditional African rituals, and have a few elements in common: the belief in living spirits, the importan...

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Corporate Author: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Other Authors: Mirzai, Behnaz A.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Canada : Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada = Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada, [2012]
Subjects:
Ecstatic dance > Iran > Sīstān va Balūchistān.
Religious dance > Iran > Sīstān va Balūchistān.
Africans > Iran > Sīstān va Balūchistān > Religious life and customs.
Slave trade > Iran > History > 19th century.
African diaspora.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.

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