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Article: Hajj Paintings: Folk Art of the Great Pilgrimage
- Article from:
- The Middle East Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright Middle East Institute Autumn 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Hajj Paintings: Folk Art of the Great Pilgrimage, by Ann Parker and Avon Neal. Washington, DC and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. xxvii + 158 pages. Gloss. to p. 161. List of Artists to p. 162. List of Plates to p. 164. $50.
Tourists to Egypt are often delighted by the depictions of the Ka`ba and the journey to it, and of scenes of worship that sometimes appear on the homes of rural people who have made the hajj, the Great Pilgrimage to Mecca. It is a rare and often fascinating form of Islamic folk art, which seems to be almost entirely Egyptian. Characteristically, this art is found in Upper Egypt, as well as in Delta villages, and sometimes even on the fringes of cities ...
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