Synchronizing Moments: The Miraçlama Rite and Its Presentation of an Alevi Past
This study examines how distinct expressive forms—poetic narrative, music, and bodily movement—work together as a unified whole in the performance of the Miraçlama, the Alevi rite narrating the Prophet Muhammed’s mythic ascension and his joining with the Gathering of the Forty. Drawing on the concep...
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| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
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European journal of Turkish studies
2026
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | This study examines how distinct expressive forms—poetic narrative, music, and bodily movement—work together as a unified whole in the performance of the Miraçlama, the Alevi rite narrating the Prophet Muhammed’s mythic ascension and his joining with the Gathering of the Forty. Drawing on the concepts of cultural form, sequence, and succession, the article argues that ritual performance operates through synchronization: the alignment of distinct medial temporalities into a single coordinated flow. At certain moments in the performance, narrative event and ritual act converge precisely, making the mythic past sensorially present for participants. The article further argues that this capacity for presentation is not static but has been repeatedly renewed through historical re-synchronization, as the tradition has adapted its inherited forms to new poetic, liturgical, and media contexts, sustaining its capacity to present an Alevi past through changing historical conditions. |
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