El Moulid - Egyptian Religious Festival
(2008) 

DIR.:
Fadwa El Guindi
TRT:
38 min
MPAA RATING:
NR
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This film vividly captures the festive and religious mood of the very 700-year old moulid of the 13th century Muslim Wali, Sayyid Ahmad Al-Badawy, held annually in Tanta, Egypt during cotton harvest.


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FULL SYNOPSIS

Moulid (spoken Arabic meaning “birth”) refers to a public religious festival celebrating the life and legacy of a holy person. The film vividly captures the festive and religious mood of the very 700-year old moulid of the 13th century Muslim Wali, Sayyid Ahmad Al-Badawy, held annually in Tanta, Egypt during cotton harvest.

Using “layering” as a method, this visual ethnography analyzes the moulid’s structure and symbolism, revealing various levels of religious experience – scriptural, mystical, ritual, mythical, interacting with secular traditional life. It culminates in a dramatic procession following the Friday public prayer led by the khalifa (Badawy’s current successor) on horseback, followed by drummers on camels, a Sufi parade, workers representing medieval vocational guilds, and finally circumcised boys in horse carriages. A transmission of vigorous masculinity and potent spirituality is symbolized as a journey from boyhood to manhood embedded in a regenerative cycle from life to death to rebirth.

CAST & CREW

  • Producer(s): Fadwa El Guindi
  • Writer(s): Fadwa El Guindi

GENRES

Documentary  

SUBJECTS

Mysticism, Belief Systems, Countries, Egypt, Geographical Areas, Holidays and Observances, Islam, Philosophy Religion and Spirituality, Society and Culture, Spirituality

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