Stambali: Dissociative Possession and Trance in a Tunisian Healing Dance
Transcultural Psychiatry December 1, 2000 Eli Somer, Meir Saadon 50 citations
This study investigated Stambali, a Tunisian trance-dance practiced in Israel as a healing and a demon exorcism ritual by Jewish-Tunisian immigrants. The authors observed the ritual and conducted semi-structured ethnographic interviews with key informants. Content analysis revealed that Stambali is practiced for prophylactic reasons (e.g. repelling the ‘evil eye’), for the promotion of personal...