Retrieving African Traditional Religion from the Fringes: Umbanda and the Brazilian Traditions as a Source
“Bantu Religion“ is an abstraction, an ideal-type of the consensus between different forms among the Bantu peoples. With the arrival of Bantu people in Brazil five centuries ago, a process of amalgamation began. Core features and structure have reasserted themselves interacting with non-Bantu religi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the religions of Africa and its diaspora
Year: 2018, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: [76]-81 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Brazil
/ Bantu
/ Religion
/ Ritual
/ Umbanda
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BS Traditional African religions KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KBR Latin America |
| Further subjects: | B
Umbanda
B Bantu Divination B Bantu Traditional Religion B African Traditional Religion B Ritual Studies B Syncretism Studies |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | “Bantu Religion“ is an abstraction, an ideal-type of the consensus between different forms among the Bantu peoples. With the arrival of Bantu people in Brazil five centuries ago, a process of amalgamation began. Core features and structure have reasserted themselves interacting with non-Bantu religios and cultures around, assimilating ideas and practices. According to a systemic theory of syncretism this follows definite rules. It will be shown that Umbanda has preserved a core of Bantu beliefs, ritual practises and spiritual perceptions, in spite of all syncretistic adoptions. Thus Umbanda remains essentially a vital and complex Bantu Traditional Religion in a largely non-Bantu cultural environment persevering in an ongoing syncretistic process. It is thus a source for the retrieval of an ideal-type of African Traditional Religion. In this analytical perspective the comparison of rituals by the water in Umbanda and in South African Bantu culture presented in this study discloses a deeper understanding of their meaning and essence. |
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| Physical Description: | 3 Illustrationen (farbig) |
| ISSN: | 2311-5661 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the religions of Africa and its diaspora
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15496/publikation-51718 HDL: 10900/110342 |
