For aficionados of the epic, to be in London between the summer of 1964 and the winter of 1972 must have been very exhilarating. During that period the London Seminar on Epic convened 31 times to hear lectures on diverse epics from both nearby and remote cultures, delivered by specialists of these poetic narratives and their literary traditions. The 12 articles that constitute the present volum...

52 Nearly a year ago on a day like today—as people scrabbled for some charcoal to cook the evening meal, fetched their children from school, and sewed costumes for carnival—the ground began to shift. Buildings folded and houses crumbled. In the time it takes to read this paragraph, one of the most devastating earthquakes recorded in the hemisphere changed the Haitian landscape forever. Twelve m...

  One of the dimensions of human life is its socio-political aspect. In this regard an important issue is the view of Islam towards the formation of government at the age of occultation. Referring to certain traditions, some believe that any kind of uprising and revolution prior to the emergence of Hazrat Qaem (Aj.) will be unlawful and add, “Any flag which is raised prior to the emergenc...

one reading (qara'at) of asr sura, , which is inconsistent with other valid readings, has been attributed to ali (p.b.u.h). because this reading contains additions to the asr sura, its acceptation is not possible. a survey of two chains of traditions about this reading of the asr sura attributed to ali (p.b.u.h) shows that these traditions are of isolated type (khabar vahed). it also shows...

Baris Demang Demung dance is a sacred that exists at Banjar Tegal Village, Singaraja, Bali. This study was designed in descriptive qualitative study. The focus of this to find out the lexicons and cultural meaning costumes used by dancers dance. applied observation interview methods collect data totally supported with three selected informants. obtained were analyzed qualitatively descriptively...