Rock Art and Folk Islamic Practices in Central Asia

What is it about?

Central Asian folk Islamic practices are part and parcel of people’s engagements with the tangible and intangible aspects of the landscape. Concentrations of rock art images at mazars, like trees, stones, springs and caves, can in effect become the medium through which people affect change in the world by seeking out their sacred properties. Furthermore, the rock art mazars are also situated at the crossroads of time where present day practices acknowledge and dynamically interact in exceptional ways with the artistic and religious endeavours of past societies.

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