gholamreza tajbakhsh
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Objective: Mourning ceremonies as a ritual dimension of religion have long been considered of special importance and prestige, and every year millions of God-seekers and lovers of Hazrat Sayyid al-Shuhada (AS) attend the mourning ceremonies in the first decade of Muharram in a glorious, cohesive, unifying ...
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Objective: Mourning ceremonies as a ritual dimension of religion have long been considered of special importance and prestige, and every year millions of God-seekers and lovers of Hazrat Sayyid al-Shuhada (AS) attend the mourning ceremonies in the first decade of Muharram in a glorious, cohesive, unifying and passionate manner. In this article, the phenomenological understanding of the lived religious experiences of young people from attending mourning ceremonies according to the coronary conditions of society is considered.Research Method: Using theoretical and purposeful sampling method, interviews with 25 young mourners (18-35) in four youth groups (Qamar Bani Hashem (AS), Zolanvar, Sajedin and Mohebbin) in Neyriz city of Fars province in Muharram2020. The data of this qualitative study were collected through semi-structured interviews.Results: According to the typological model of the experience of the religious groups of Joachim Ouch, after analyzing the qualitative data, they categorized their lived experience in the following three aspects:Intellectual dimension: Enlightenment, mental health promotion, Practical dimension: New style of mourning, Acquisition of confidential identity, Religious socialization, Jihadi identity and Social dimension: Promotion of social capital, Promotion of social health, Collective bi-generation and creation of intergenerational ties, Suspension of the system Social stratificationConclusion: The general results of the research indicate that the mourning ceremonies of Imam Hussein (AS) are considered as an identity-building factor and play an essential role in the peace, vitality and spiritual, physical and spiritual well-being of the youth.
gholamreza tajbakhsh; mohamadreza hosseini; entesar mosavi
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The pilgrimage and pilgrimage of domestic and foreign pilgrimages in Iran has been one of the religious activities and has been widely welcomed. The pilgrimage of Arba'in is one of the emerging forms of pilgrimage that Iranians have not paid much attention to before. The Arba'in walkway is a platform ...
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The pilgrimage and pilgrimage of domestic and foreign pilgrimages in Iran has been one of the religious activities and has been widely welcomed. The pilgrimage of Arba'in is one of the emerging forms of pilgrimage that Iranians have not paid much attention to before. The Arba'in walkway is a platform for a different religious pilgrimage experience, in which the entire path of the passage of Iman Hussein's pilgrimage experience AS). A ritual in which different nations and cultures are interacting and intercultural communication. This intercultural interaction, at the same time, will include a cognition of how Iranian and Iraqi identity are expressed in the context of this particular religious partnership during the Aryan era. In this research, based on the qualitative approach and through the analysis of the content of pilgrim's experiences, attempts have been made to examine the patterns of expression of Iranian and Iraqi pilgrims. The statistical population of the study was Iranian and Iraqi female and male pilgrims visiting Najaf and Karbala, as well as two cities of Najaf and Karbala as the source and destination, and 30 samples were selected by targeted method. Data were collected using interview and participatory observation methods. After analyzing qualitative data, three main themes were identified: 1) national identity, 2) Shiite identity, and 3) Arbaean identity. Also, the factors affecting the authentication patterns were: 1) background variables and 2) power.