Editing Hosay Trinidad (section)

== About the book ==
This book published in University of Pennsylvania Press; Illustrated edition (October 31, 2002), has 320 pages and best sellers rank of 2,488,023 in Books and won the prestigious Premio Pitre international book award in 2002.

Hosay Trinidad is the first detailed historical and ethnographic study of Islamic [[Muharram]] rituals performed on the island of Trinidad. It is 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. The author makes very clear references of the origins and meanings of this ceremony. The reader can get a vivid picture of how and where this ceremony is conducted and the various ways the practice has morphed according to the climate in which it is celebrated.