Touba, in Senegal, is the equivalent to Mecca for Sufi Mouride Muslims, who embark on an annual pilgrimage called Le Grand Magal to celebrate the founder of their faith, Cheikh Amadou Bamba. When devotees describe their sacred city they frequently compare Touba to heaven, juxtaposing it to the materiality and chaos of other Senegalese cities, as though it was distinct from these lieux. Yet Touba shares many similarities in terms of its economic importance with other metropolises. Mourides despite presenting themselves as a united religious community, have differences of opinion and even praxis. This paper explores the imagination of Touba and the Mouride order by Mourides, positing that the sacred sites of Touba comprise a stage for the performance of piety and the generation of a particular Mouride ontology through which they see Touba, their order and the world.

塞内加尔的图巴（Touba）相当于苏菲·穆里德（Sufi Mouride）穆斯林的麦加，后者每年都参加一次朝圣活动，名为Le Grand Magal庆祝他们信仰的创始人Cheikh Amadou Bamba。当奉献者描述他们的圣城时，他们经常将图巴与天堂相提并论，将其与塞内加尔其他城市的物质和混乱并置，好像它与这些地方不同。然而，就经济重要性而言，图巴与其他大都市有着许多相似之处。穆里德尽管表现为一个统一的宗教团体，但在观点上甚至实践上都有分歧。本文探讨了图巴和穆里德的穆里德秩序的想象力，认为图巴的圣地构成了一个虔诚表演的舞台，并形成了一个特定的穆里德本体论，通过它们他们可以看到图巴，他们的秩序和世界。