Le personnage du chacal chez les 'i̅sa̅wa du Maroc. - article ; n°2 ; vol.48, pg 31-61

André Boncourt

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Journal des africanistes - Année 1978 - Volume 48 - Numéro 2 - Pages 31-61
Animal representations play an important role in the Maroccan religious confraternity of the Ъаша, whose practices are often far removed from Moslem orthodoxy. The most striking figure is the jackal, who only appears in ceremonies on the occasion of the annual pilgrimage of the isdwa to Meknès. Thief, liar, false scholar and hypocrite, he is the protagonist in numerous and coherent representations - elements of which can be discovered in other Moroccan contextes (for example in folk tales) - and has amazing similarities to the Dogon's Renard Pâle (Mali). The 'isdwa's jackal is undoubtedly one of the main characters of an ancient religious system, autochtonous, but unquestionably very close to certain Saharan and Sudanese systems and which, in spite of Islam, has survived in the minds and practices of the minds and practices of the people.
31 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique

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• Publié par: JOURNAL_DES_AFRICANISTES
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1978
• Nombre de lectures: 21
• Langue: Français
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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