%0 Journal Article
%T Mer partag¨¦e, part maudite. La fabrique rituelle d¡¯un horizon maritime : mer et sacr¨¦ chez les p¨ºcheurs Imragen (Mauritanie) Shared sea, accursed share. The ritual making of a sea horizon: The sea and the sacred among Imragen fishermen (Mauritania)
%A H¨¦l¨¨ne Artaud
%J Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la M¨¦diterran¨¦e
%D 2012
%I Universit¨¦ de Provence
%R 10.4000/remmm.7384
%X La mer a longtemps ¨¦t¨¦ per ue pour la soci¨¦t¨¦ maure comme un monde en marge, ¨¦tranger et ¨¦trange. Seule exception notable : la relation liant les communaut¨¦s imragen ¨¤ l¡¯espace maritime. Dans la perception imragen de la mer se pr¨¦sentent d¡¯embl¨¦e comme enchev¨ºtr¨¦s les mondes naturels et surnaturels. Les modalit¨¦s de leur articulation proc¨¨dent toutefois de logiques que seuls distinguent et ma trisent certains initi¨¦s, d¨¦positaires du   secret de la mer  . Quelques familles, issues des groupes maraboutiques Barikalla et Buhubbayni, ont ainsi r¨¦ussi ¨¤ asseoir leur l¨¦gitimit¨¦ sur la c te par l¡¯exercice de pouvoirs suppos¨¦s influencer le cours des ph¨¦nom¨¨nes naturels (vents, intensit¨¦ des courants, cycle de la lune) ou le comportement d¡¯esp¨¨ces marines (dauphins et tortues), dont ils ont fait leurs principaux ¨¦missaires. Quelles sont la nature, l¡¯efficacit¨¦ et les limites de ce pouvoir sur la mer? Comment inscrit-il le marabout au c ur de l¡¯¨¦cologie imragen, le sacr¨¦ au principe de l¡¯¨¦quilibre naturel ? C¡¯est ¨¤ ces questionnements que nous nous proposons d¡¯apporter quelques ¨¦l¨¦ments d¡¯analyse. To Moorish society the sea has long been a marginal world, both foreign and strange, with one notable exception: the link between imragen communities and the maritime space. The imragen immediate perception of the sea is one of intertwined natural and supernatural worlds. The details of their relation, however, are based on mechanisms that only a few insiders, custodians of the "secret of the sea" can identify and control. Some families, from Barikalla and Buhubbayni marabout groups have managed to establish their legitimacy on the coast through the exercise of powers thought to influence the course of natural phenomena (wind, current intensity, moon phases) or the behavior of marine species (dolphins and turtles), that they appropriated as emissaries. What is the nature, effectiveness and limitations of such power over the sea? How does it place the marabout at the heart of imragen ecology, how does the sacred fit in with the principle of natural balance? The purpose of our analysis is to shed some light on these issues.
%K sea
%K marabouts
%K dolphins
%K Imragen
%K secret
%K mer
%K marabouts
%K dauphins
%K Imragen
%K secret
%U http://remmm.revues.org/7384