Tkalčić, Žana.
(2018).
Life and position of woman in dervish community.
Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology.
[mentor Belaj, Marijana].
Abstract
This thesis deals with the affirmation of women in the dervish community with the focus on
women’s role in it, their way of dressing, and the differences between men and women in the
daily obligations as well as in religious ceremonies. Apart from the differences between men
and women, this paper also analyses the differences between women who are members of the
dervish order, so called dervishes, and those who are not dervishes. The aim of this master
thesis is to explore the life and position of a full-fledged member of the dervish community on
the example of two dervish communities, the order of rifai in Rijeka and the
dervish nakshibend order in Sarajevo. The research was conducted to investigate how dervish
women become full members of the dervish order and their rights and obligations in the
dervish community. Furthermore, research deals with the power relations between fullfledged
male and female members of the selected dervish ranks, as well as between dervishes
and non-dervishes who live in the dervish community. The aim of this research is to answer
the question how dervish community functions as a whole, including its secular and spiritual
side, to explain their ritual customs and characterize the role of women in it. The work is
structured to explain the features of Sufism as an integral part of Islam, the research
methodology, the position of women in dervish community and Islam, and the field research
of the dervish order of rifai in the Roma settlement Pehlin in Rijeka. Furthermore, the field
research included attending the dervish ritual associated with a deceased female member and
the description of the initiation rites of dervishes. In addition to literature analysis related to
the position of women in Islam, as well as literature and materials related to the dervish
community in general, thesis is based on ethnographic field research using observation and
semi-structured interviews. The paper emphasizes the ethnography of the position and life of
dervish in order to contribute to the still unknown and relatively undiscovered topic, the life
of dervish communities.
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