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Zār

In the cultures of the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of the Middle East, Zār (Arabic: زار, Ge'ez: ዛር) is the term for a spirit assumed to possess individuals, mostly women, and to cause discomfort or illness. The so-called zār ritual or zār cult is the practice of reconciling the possessing spirit and the possessed individual. Zār possession is…

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History

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Spirits

Egypt

Ethiopia

Iran

Sudan

Ceremonies

Paraphernalia

Other African possession rites

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Zār

Nodes182
Edges181
Triples230
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010989
Components1

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related to Iran · 39
Zār → Ahl-e-Hava, Air/Wind, Before, Bibi, Black, Bumaryom, Bāba/Māmā, Bābur, Bābā, Dingemāru, Egypt, Eve's, Gowat, If, In, In Baluchistan, In Iran, Indian, Iran, Maturi
related to Ethiopia · 30
Zār → Between, Buda, Certain, Complications, Coptic, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Jews, Ethiopians, Exorcism, Failures, Female, Ganyen, God, Healers, However, In, In Ethiopia, Male, Many, Many Ethiopians
related to Egypt · 28
Zār → At, Before, Cariene Upper Egyptian, Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptians, Ethiopian, Further, However, Identifying, If, In, In Egypt, Mama, One, Sheikh, Sheikh Muhammad, Some, Sometimes, Spirits
related to Yemen · 22
Zār → Aden, Adeni, Adherents, Alaka, Around, At, Both, Egypt, Ethiopian, In, In Aden, In Aden's, It, Most, Placation, Regular, Somali, Sudan, Sufi, The
related to Sudan · 19
Zār → Arab, Arabized Northerners, As, Bori, By, Even, However, In, In Sudan, Islamic, Khartoum, Muslim, Nyamānyam, Orthodox Islam, Sudan, The, The Nyamānyam, They, TV
related to history · 15
Zār → Abyssinia, African, Ethiopia, Frobenius, Ge'ez, Hausa, Horn, However, Modarressi, Persian, Scholarship, Some, The, Thus, West Africa
related to Arabia · 14
Zār → After, Arabia, Arabic, Dijkstra, In, It, Mecca, Neglected Arabia, She, Sheikha, The, There, They, This
related to Varieties · 13
Zār → Ceremonies, Conversion, Different, Ethiopia, Ethiopians, Group, It, Its, Seer, Somali, There, Unlike, Zar
related to Oman · 9
Zār → As, Different, Exorcism, If, In Oman, Omani, Possession, Talking, The
related to Ceremonies · 8
Zār → Bahrain, Black, For, Generally, Hofriyati, In Egypt, Oman, Sudanese

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spirits spirit may also bori possessed tumbura one called zar possession shaykha often women incense ceremonies used ceremony patient person

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Zārcausesmiscarriages by having sex with married women0.90text
Zāris amost common0.90text
Zāris acause0.90text
Muhammadinstance ofIslamic praise chants for religious figures0.80text
and the way possession is acted out in trance is similar.In tumburainstance ofIslamic praise chants for religious figures0.80text
it is viewed as an indigenous practice used by Non-Arab Sudanis of slave descentinstance ofIslamic praise chants for religious figures0.80text
Darāwīshinstance ofthough they are not really considered inherited.Bori spirits are commonly figures0.80text
a redinstance ofgarments0.80text
white toubinstance ofgarments0.80text
transparent toubsinstance ofgarments0.80text
and short dressesinstance ofgarments0.80text
al-Jilaniinstance ofincluding figures0.80text

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