Shii News – Muharram in 19th c India/Singapore (London, 16.4.18)

Muharram in 19th Century India and Singapore

This paper will focus several examples of such representation: several examples of art works from India in the British Library collections; the ‘Muharram processional scroll’ painting from around 1840 Madras now in the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore; and the Syair Tabut, a 146-quatrain Malay narrative poem from 1864 Singapore, and read these instances of aesthetic presentation in the context of contested claims to authentic religiosity and indeed the right of individuals and groups to practice their religion as they saw fit.

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