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Interweaving three centuries of transatlantic religious and social history with historical and present-day ethnography, Luis Nicolau Parés traces the formation of Candomblé, one of the most influential African-derived religious forms in the African diaspora, with practitioners today centered in Brazil but also living in Europe and elsewhere in the Americas. Originally published in Brazil and not available in English, The Formation of Candomblé reveals cultural changes that have occurred in religious practices within Africa, as well as those caused by the displacement of enslaved Africans in the Americas.
Departing from the common assumption that Candomblé originated in the Yoruba orixá (orisha) worship, Parés highlights the critical role of the vodun religious practices in its formation process. Vodun traditions were brought by enslaved Africans of Dahomean origin, known as the “Jeje” nation in Brazil since the early eighteenth century. The book concludes with Parés’s account of present-day Jeje temples in Bahia, which serves as the first written record of the oral traditions and ritual of this particular nation of Candomblé.
Editions of The Formation of Candomblé
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- ISBN 9780807833117
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- ISBN 9781469610924
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- ISBN 9781469610931
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469612638
- EBook
- ISBN 9798893133370
- PDF
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Interweaving three centuries of transatlantic religious and social history with historical and present-day ethnography, Luis Nicolau Parés traces the formation of Candomblé, one of the most influential African-derived religious forms in the African diaspora, with practitioners today centered in Brazil but also living in Europe and elsewhere in the Americas. Originally published in Brazil and not available in English, The Formation of Candomblé reveals cultural changes that have occurred in religious practices within Africa, as well as those caused by the displacement of enslaved Africans in the Americas.
Departing from the common assumption that Candomblé originated in the Yoruba orixá (orisha) worship, Parés highlights the critical role of the vodun religious practices in its formation process. Vodun traditions were brought by enslaved Africans of Dahomean origin, known as the “Jeje” nation in Brazil since the early eighteenth century. The book concludes with Parés’s account of present-day Jeje temples in Bahia, which serves as the first written record of the oral traditions and ritual of this particular nation of Candomblé.
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Interweaving three centuries of transatlantic religious and social history with historical and present-day ethnography, Luis Nicolau Parés traces the formation of Candomblé, one of the most influential African-derived religious forms in the African diaspora, with practitioners today centered in Brazil but also living in Europe and elsewhere in the Americas. Originally published in Brazil and not available in English, The Formation of Candomblé reveals cultural changes that have occurred in religious practices within Africa, as well as those caused by the displacement of enslaved Africans in the Americas.
Departing from the common assumption that Candomblé originated in the Yoruba orixá (orisha) worship, Parés highlights the critical role of the vodun religious practices in its formation process. Vodun traditions were brought by enslaved Africans of Dahomean origin, known as the “Jeje” nation in Brazil since the early eighteenth century. The book concludes with Parés’s account of present-day Jeje temples in Bahia, which serves as the first written record of the oral traditions and ritual of this particular nation of Candomblé.
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History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
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How long is The Formation of Candomblé and how many pages does it have?
The Formation of Candomblé has 424 page(s)
Is The Formation of Candomblé part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Latin America in Translation/en Traducción/em Tradução
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Formation of Candomblé?
Luis Nicolau Parés
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The Formation of Candomblé is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780807833117) and paperback(ISBN 9781469610924) and ebook(ISBN 9781469610931) and ebook(ISBN 9781469612638) and ebook(ISBN 9798893133370) and pdf(ISBN 9798890883414)
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