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Adherents to the ""zar"" cult in northern Sudan encounter spirits that are parallels of historically relevant figures in the known human world. Based on nearly two years of ethnographic fieldwork in a Muslim village this study offers a multidimensional interpretation of the ""zar"".

Wombs and Alien Spirits Women Men and the Zar

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      Publisher: MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin
      Publication Date: 12/30/1989 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780299123147, 978-0299123147
      ISBN10: 0299123146
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      Book Synopsis
      Adherents to the ""zar"" cult in northern Sudan encounter spirits that are parallels of historically relevant figures in the known human world. Based on nearly two years of ethnographic fieldwork in a Muslim village this study offers a multidimensional interpretation of the ""zar"".

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