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INSIGNIAS IN SHIA ETHOS AND COMMEMORATION AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLIC INTERPRETATION WITH COLORS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).04      10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).04      Published : Jun 1

Insignias in Shi'a Ethos and Commemoration: An Anthropological Analysis of Symbolic Interpretation with Colors

Abstract

    Shi'a is a popular sect of Muslims all over the world, and they have so many interesting signs and symbols in their culture; it is a need of the hour to explore and get in-depth knowledge about unique symbols which have remarkable latent meanings. This paper deals with the symbolic spiritual interpretation of colors in the Shi'a populace of the Chakwal. An Anthropological qualitative research technique was used to collect empirical data based on a native point of view. The main objectives of the research were to describe the explicit and implicit human cognitive positive & negative connotations of colors and significance of the colors in dresses, 'Alam and ritual performances in the daily life of Shi'a culture. In this paper, an attempt has been made to understand, analyze the historical symbolic meaning of the colors and how socio-culturally people attached with black, red and green colors in the Shi'a community.

    Shia, Symbolism, Commemoration, Colors, Ritual, Alam

    (1) Riaz Ahmad Muazzmi
    Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Faiza Iqbal
    Department of Asian Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Ghyas Ahmad Muazzmi
    Department of Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Muazzmi, R. A., Iqbal, F., & Muazzmi, G. A. (2021). Insignias in Shi'a Ethos and Commemoration: An Anthropological Analysis of Symbolic Interpretation with Colors. Global Anthropological Studies Review, IV(I), 27-34. https://doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).04

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Muazzmi, Riaz Ahmad, Faiza Iqbal, and Ghyas Ahmad Muazzmi. 2021. "Insignias in Shi'a Ethos and Commemoration: An Anthropological Analysis of Symbolic Interpretation with Colors." Global Anthropological Studies Review, IV (I): 27-34 doi: 10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).04

HARVARD

    HARVARD : MUAZZMI, R. A., IQBAL, F. & MUAZZMI, G. A. 2021. Insignias in Shi'a Ethos and Commemoration: An Anthropological Analysis of Symbolic Interpretation with Colors. Global Anthropological Studies Review, IV, 27-34.

MHRA

    MHRA : Muazzmi, Riaz Ahmad, Faiza Iqbal, and Ghyas Ahmad Muazzmi. 2021. "Insignias in Shi'a Ethos and Commemoration: An Anthropological Analysis of Symbolic Interpretation with Colors." Global Anthropological Studies Review, IV: 27-34

MLA

    MLA : Muazzmi, Riaz Ahmad, Faiza Iqbal, and Ghyas Ahmad Muazzmi. "Insignias in Shi'a Ethos and Commemoration: An Anthropological Analysis of Symbolic Interpretation with Colors." Global Anthropological Studies Review, IV.I (2021): 27-34 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Muazzmi, Riaz Ahmad, Iqbal, Faiza, and Muazzmi, Ghyas Ahmad (2021), "Insignias in Shi'a Ethos and Commemoration: An Anthropological Analysis of Symbolic Interpretation with Colors", Global Anthropological Studies Review, IV (I), 27-34

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Muazzmi, Riaz Ahmad, Faiza Iqbal, and Ghyas Ahmad Muazzmi. "Insignias in Shi'a Ethos and Commemoration: An Anthropological Analysis of Symbolic Interpretation with Colors." Global Anthropological Studies Review IV, no. I (2021): 27-34. https://doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).04