dervishes to attain union with God. (The term still designates certain types of folk dances.) In their attack against the Sufi mystical dance, the Islamic jurists likened it to non-Islamic genres such as the ‘Golden Calf’ dance or Christian dances, thus rendering it heretical ( bid‘a ). Religious prohibitions extended to other types of popular entertainment, with or without dance. The legists condemned pre-Islamic rituals which were enlivened with impressive music, such as the celebration of now-rūz (the ancient Persian New Year) and the different Nile festivals in
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Ciencias de la Educación (Santiago), have also carried out important work in the field of music. See also Santiago. Bibliography E. Pereira Salas : Los origenes del arte musical en Chile (Santiago, 1941) G. Chase : A Guide to Latin American Music (Washington DC, 1945, enlarged 2/1962/R as A Guide to the Music of Latin America ) D. Santa Cruz : ‘Mis recuerdos sobre la Sociedad Bach (1917–1933)’, Revista musical chilena , no.40 (1950–51), 8–62 V. Salas Viu : La creación musical en Chile: 1900–1951 (Santiago, c 1951) E. Pereira Salas : Historia de la música
