Islamic and Sufi Ritual Drama

Ritual performance from Islamic and Sufi devotional practice: Ta'ziyeh (the Shia dramatic reenactment of the Battle of Karbala) and Semah, Alevi-Bektasi Ritual (the mystical body movement forming part of the Alevi-Bektasi Cem worship ceremony). Belongs here: a performance work whose content and occasion are Islamic or Sufi religious practice. Does not belong here: a performance from a different religious lineage even where staged in a historically Muslim-majority region.