2 21 Religious Music Music and the Human Experience with Professor Kattari Extra credit add 5 classical songs and movie autobiography report due March 31 Religious music music used for religious practice in every culture Not seen as performance entertainment Express praise for deities o Recite texts Calming or overstimulating Strengthen social bonds Communicate with deities Whirling Dervishes Muslim in class documentary Sufi group in Turkey from 1200 s o Followers of Rumi Part of Sema ceremony The twirling symbolizes mystical ascent and return Allowed only as tourist attraction o Banned in 1925 Spinning around for hours to find perfection Gnawa Music and Trance Morocco Call and response like Santeria Syncretism of West African and Islamic practices Hajhuj lutes and Krakebs castanets Night long trance ceremony lila Kirtan Call and response chanting from India 6th century Adopted by New Age movement in the West Harmonium table and random modern instruments Yoga 3 peace trips call and response Review Music in all religions Many types of goods Different sounds and behaviors Religious music for non believers
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