Frank J. Korom teaches religion and anthropology at Boston University. He is coeditor of Gender, Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

"Hosay Trinidad should be considered a great publishing achievement. It is a livre de chevet, a must for scholars of Caribbean studies, anthropology, and the performing arts."-History of Religions "Hosay Trinidad contributes substantially to the anthropology of contemporary identity politics as well as to the study of 'boundaries' which has come to play a key role in important new lines of scholarship across the social sciences."-Anthropos "The book is free of jargon and recommended for anyone with an interest in contemporary interreligious issues, the possibilities within local Islamic cultures ... , and questions of identity formation in a multicultural and multireligious society."-Religious Studies Review

• List of IllustrationsA Note on OrthographyIntroduction1. Orientations and Overview2. Muharram Rituals in Iran: Past and Present3. The Passage of Rites to South Asia4. Onward to the Caribbean5. Building the Tadjah, Constructing Community6. Conclusion: Maintenance and Transformation via Cultural Creolization7. EpilogueNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

Frank J. Korom teaches religion and anthropology at Boston University. He is coeditor of Gender, Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

"Hosay Trinidad should be considered a great publishing achievement. It is a livre de chevet, a must for scholars of Caribbean studies, anthropology, and the performing arts."-History of Religions "Hosay Trinidad contributes substantially to the anthropology of contemporary identity politics as well as to the study of 'boundaries' which has come to play a key role in important new lines of scholarship across the social sciences."-Anthropos "The book is free of jargon and recommended for anyone with an interest in contemporary interreligious issues, the possibilities within local Islamic cultures ... , and questions of identity formation in a multicultural and multireligious society."-Religious Studies Review

• List of IllustrationsA Note on OrthographyIntroduction1. Orientations and Overview2. Muharram Rituals in Iran: Past and Present3. The Passage of Rites to South Asia4. Onward to the Caribbean5. Building the Tadjah, Constructing Community6. Conclusion: Maintenance and Transformation via Cultural Creolization7. EpilogueNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

Frank J. Korom teaches religion and anthropology at Boston University. He is coeditor of Gender, Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

"Hosay Trinidad should be considered a great publishing achievement. It is a livre de chevet, a must for scholars of Caribbean studies, anthropology, and the performing arts."-History of Religions "Hosay Trinidad contributes substantially to the anthropology of contemporary identity politics as well as to the study of 'boundaries' which has come to play a key role in important new lines of scholarship across the social sciences."-Anthropos "The book is free of jargon and recommended for anyone with an interest in contemporary interreligious issues, the possibilities within local Islamic cultures ... , and questions of identity formation in a multicultural and multireligious society."-Religious Studies Review

• List of IllustrationsA Note on OrthographyIntroduction1. Orientations and Overview2. Muharram Rituals in Iran: Past and Present3. The Passage of Rites to South Asia4. Onward to the Caribbean5. Building the Tadjah, Constructing Community6. Conclusion: Maintenance and Transformation via Cultural Creolization7. EpilogueNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments