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Leiden Indian Ocean Lectures | Muharram practices and colonial histories at the cutting edge of a forgotten scroll
Leiden Indian Ocean Lectures | Muharram practices and colonial histories at the cutting edge of a forgotten scroll
The Syair Tabut, or ‘Poem of the tomb effigies’, is a recently rediscovered Malay-language, Jawi-script narrative poem on Muharram in 1864. In this talk, we explore the literary, linguistic, and performative